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heard

[ hurd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of hear.

adjective

perceived by the ear or learned by hearing:
Linguists have many theories about how we comprehend heard utterances, but less to say about language production.
Review your notes and add any comments while the heard information is fresh in your memory.

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Other Word Forms

half-heard adjective
well-heard adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heard¹

First recorded before 900 heard fordef 1, in 1480–90 heard fordef 2; hear ( def ) + -(e)d ¹( def ) for verb sense; hear ( def ) + -(e)d ²( def ) for adjective sense

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The charter schools case heard Wednesday highlighted the stark shift in religion law that has been engineered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. over the last decade.

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While one used a chainsaw to fell the tree, the other filmed the act of "mindless" vandalism on Mr Graham's mobile phone, jurors have heard.

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I heard someone say, “Johnson will have to listen to us now.”

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A man murdered a couple, dismembered their bodies and then froze some of their remains before taking the rest in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, a court has heard.

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His trial heard he abused 24 boys as young as nine while a housemaster at a Cheshire boarding school and through involvement with scouts in the West Midlands between 1968 and 1995.

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hear a peep out of Heard and McDonald Islands

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