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hear
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[ verb ] perceive sound; perceive by the auditory sense
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Dallas may get_to hear a debate on horse_race parimutuels soon between Reps._V._E._Red_Berry and Joe_Ratcliff . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` You often hear people talk_about team_spirit and that sort of thing '' , Benington said in a conversation after the ceremonies , `` but what this team had was a_little different . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)There 's more reading and instruction to be heard on discs than ever before , although the spoken rather_than the sung word is as old as Thomas_Alva_Edison 's first experiment in recorded sound . Hugh_Downs is heard interviewing Wright , for an added prestige fillip . Thanks to Spoken_Arts_Records , history buffs may hear Lincoln 's `` most memorable speeches and letters '' in a two disc set , interpreted by Lincoln authority and lecturer Roy_P._Basler . |
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[ verb ] get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Examples "I learned that she has two grown-up children" "I see that you have been promoted" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)I never heard of a poll being taken on the question . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)I heard of some that tried it back in the States , and he 'd knock them clear across the room . The Vice_President said , `` If you hear of any names that would fix_me_cheap in_return_for advertising they decorated the Vice_President 's home , let me know . (Francis Pollini, Night....)I hear the whole bunch is croakin out in the snow . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)`` I stopped to say goodbye , Mrs._Lattimer , and to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your baby . |
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[ verb ] (law) examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
Synonyms Examples "The jury had heard all the evidence" "The case will be tried in California" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)A House committee which heard his local_option proposal is expected to give it a favorable report , although the resolution faces hard_sledding later . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The judge became ill just as the Colfax_District_Court convened , no substitute was brought_in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine_die after sitting a_few days instead_of the usual three weeks . |
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[ verb ] receive a communication from someone
Examples : "We heard nothing from our son for five years" Used in print (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Neither has Congressman_Martin nor Senator_McClellan been heard from on the_matter ; they are preoccupied with ending labor abuses by extending the anti-monopoly laws to the unions . Related terms |
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