"hear of" meaning in English

See hear of in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: hears of [present, singular, third-person], hearing of [participle, present], heard of [participle, past], heard of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hear<,,heard> of}} hear of (third-person singular simple present hears of, present participle hearing of, simple past and past participle heard of)
  1. To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience. Translations (become aware of): سَمِعَ بِـ (samiʕa bi-) (Arabic), 聽過 (Chinese Mandarin), 听过 (tīngguò) (Chinese Mandarin), 聽說過 (Chinese Mandarin), 听说过 (tīngshuōguò) (Chinese Mandarin), kuulla (Finnish), entendre parler de (French), έχω ακουστά (écho akoustá) (Greek), sentire parlare (Italian), ouvir falar (de) (Portuguese), слыха́ть (slyxátʹ) (Russian), слы́хивать (slýxivatʹ) (Russian), слы́шать (slýšatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), oír hablar de (Spanish), duymak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hear_of-en-verb-MME1QgOd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items, English phrasal verbs formed with "of", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 91 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "of": 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'become aware of': 98 2
  2. (with "won't", "will not", "wouldn't", etc.) To permit or tolerate. Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-hear_of-en-verb-1MrZXxwC

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I first heard of the Electra complex when I was studying psychology.",
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          "text": "Who is Tamara Williams? I've never heard of her.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1965, Frank Herbert, “Book Three: The Prophet”, in Dune (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 402:",
          "text": "It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of the sandwave at its cresting head was like the approach of a mountain.\nThis is nothing I have seen by vision or in life, Paul cautioned himself.",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "samiʕa bi-",
          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "سَمِعَ بِـ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "聽過"
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          "roman": "tīngguò",
          "sense": "become aware of",
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          "sense": "become aware of",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "écho akoustá",
          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "έχω ακουστά"
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          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "sentire parlare"
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          "sense": "become aware of",
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          "roman": "slyxátʹ",
          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "слыха́ть"
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          "sense": "become aware of",
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          "sense": "become aware of",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "become aware of",
          "word": "duymak"
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          "ref": "c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:",
          "text": "All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad.",
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          "ref": "1966, Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God:",
          "text": "“The furniture – whatever could we possibly do about all this furniture? I refuse to sell it, Rachel. I won't hear of it.”",
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        "To permit or tolerate."
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        "(with \"won't\", \"will not\", \"wouldn't\", etc.) To permit or tolerate."
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          "text": "All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "samiʕa bi-",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "سَمِعَ بِـ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "聽過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tīngguò",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "听过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "聽說過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tīngshuōguò",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "听说过"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "kuulla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "entendre parler de"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "écho akoustá",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "έχω ακουστά"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "sentire parlare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "ouvir falar (de)"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slyxátʹ",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "слыха́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slýxivatʹ",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "слы́хивать"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slýšatʹ",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "слы́шать"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "oír hablar de"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "become aware of",
      "word": "duymak"
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  "word": "hear of"
}

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