/hɪə/
Translation
To take in a sound through your ears.
Word origin
From Old English hieran, meaning to take in sound by ear, shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hieran
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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"Hear" means to take in the sound with your ears.
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"Hears" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Heard" is the past form of "hear".
Used in
Stories
(11)Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read · Core 1000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
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Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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