hear

Meaning

1. To perceive sounds through the ear.
2. To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
3. To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
4. To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
5. To receive information about; to come to learn of.
6. To be contacted by.
7. To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
8. (informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
9. To study under.

hear

listen

understand

listen to

feel

obey

learn

try

know

catch

attend

find out

see

smell

pay attention

be attentive

detect

harken

read

give ear

discover

perceive

sense

heed

mind

be told

be informed

get a line

get wind

get word

pick up

take heed

get

comprehend

notice

realize

remember

taste

cause to hear

inform

rumor

hearing

clear

hearken

hark

listen in

heard

audible

hear of

ear

convey

listen attentively

pay attention to

ask

inquire

visit

drink

hear by accident

hear by chance

have heard

get the news of

get wind of something

ascertain

tune in

come to know

make hot

judge

grant

acknowledge

admit

be aware

be conscious of

call to mind

experience

opine

recognize

can

tin

acoustic

audition

audio

auditory

aural

sensation of hearing

sense of hearing

hear a rumor

catchwords

open

address

attend to

deal

discourse

discuss

do by

go about

handle

hash out

manipulate

plow

process

treat

wield

work through

auscultate

take in

listen up

hear about

hear it said

get to know

think about

hear out

hearken to

apperceive

behold

feel out

observe

view

sniff

whiff

hyar

appertain

overhear

apprehend

figure out

make sense

resolve

sound

noise

bright

ears

listen carefully

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “I hear”).