Definition von hear
Wortformen: 3rd person singular present
tense hears
, present participle hearing
, past tense, past participle heard (hɜːʳd
)
1. Verb
She heard no further sounds. [VERB noun]
The trumpet can be heard all over their house. [VERB noun]
They heard the protesters shout: 'No more fascism!'. [VERB noun infinitive]
And then we heard the bells ringing out. [VERB noun verb-ing]
I'm not hearing properly. [VERB]
2. Verb
You can hear commentary on the match in about half an hour's time. [VERB noun]
I don't think you've ever heard Doris talking about her emotional life before. [VERB noun verb-ing]
I'd love to hear it played by a professional orchestra. [VERB noun -ed]
[Also V n inf] 3. Verb [no cont]
If you say that you can hear someone saying something, you mean that you are able to imagine hearing it.
Can't you just hear the clichés roll? [VERB noun]
'I was hot,' I could still hear Charlotte say with her delicious French accent. [VERB noun infinitive]
4. Verb
When a judge or a court of law hears a case, or evidence in a case, they listen to it officially in order to make a decision about it.
[formal] The jury have heard evidence from defence witnesses. [VERB noun]
He had to wait months before his case was heard. [VERB noun]
5. Verb
Drop us a line, it's always great to hear from you. [VERB + from]
The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know her. [VERB from noun]
6. Verb
In a debate or discussion, if you hear from someone, you listen to them giving their opinion or information.
What are you hearing from people there? [VERB + from]
7. Verb
If you hear some news or information about something, you find out about it by someone telling you, or from the radio or television.
My mother heard of this school through Leslie. [V + of/about]
...the rumours I've been hearing about for years. [V of/about n]
He had heard that the trophy had been sold. [VERB that]
I had waited to hear the result. [VERB noun]
8. Verb [no cont]
Many people haven't heard of reflexology. [VERB + of]
...people who, maybe, had hardly heard the word till a year or two ago. [VERB noun]
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Häufigkeit
hear in British English
VerbWortformen: hears, hearing or heard (hɜːd
)
3. (when intr, sometimes foll by of or about; when tr, may take a clause as object)
to hear of his success
have you heard?
5. (when intr, usually foll by of and used with a negative)
she wouldn't hear of it
7. See hear! hear!
8. See hear tell
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Abgeleitete Formen
hearable (ˈhearable) Adjektiv
hearer (ˈhearer)
Substantiv
Wortherkunft von hear
Old English hieran; related to Old Norse heyra, Gothic hausjan, Old High German hōren, Greek akoueinHäufigkeit
hear in American English
Verb intransitiv
4.
to have a normally functioning ear or ears; be able to hear sounds
5.
to listen
6.
to be told or informed (of or about)
Redewendungen:
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Abgeleitete Formen
hearer (ˈhearer)
Substantiv
Wortherkunft von hear
ME heren < OE hieran, akin to Ger hören (Goth hausjan) < IE base *keu-, to notice, observe > L cavere, be on one's guard, Gr koein, to perceive, hear
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Britisches Englisch: hear
/hɪə/ VERB
When you hear sounds, you are aware of them because they reach your ears.
I heard the sound of a car.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: hear /ˈhɪər/
- Arabisch: يَسْمَعُ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: ouvir
- Chinesisch: 听
- Kroatisch: čuti
- Tschechisch: slyšet
- Dänisch: høre
- Niederländisch: horen
- Europäisches Spanisch: oír
- Finnisch: kuulla
- Französisch: entendre
- Deutsch: hören
- Griechisch: ακούω
- Italienisch: ascoltare
- Japanisch: 聞く
- Koreanisch: 듣다
- Norwegisch: høre
- Polnisch: usłyszeć
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: ouvir
- Rumänisch: a auzi
- Russisch: слышать
- Spanisch: oír
- Schwedisch: höra
- Thai: ได้ยิน
- Türkisch: işitmek
- Ukrainisch: чути
- Vietnamesisch: nghe
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