"overhear" meaning in English

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        "t": "to disregard, disobey"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English overheren, from Old English oferhīeran (“to overhear, hear, disobey, disregard, neglect”), equivalent to over- + hear. Cognate with Dutch overhoren (“to hear, hear about”), German überhören (“to not hear, ignore”), Danish overhøre (“to overhear”), Icelandic yfirheyra (“to hear”), Gothic *𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*ufarhausjan, “to disregard, disobey”) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ufarhauseins)).",
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        {
          "text": "I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.",
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        "To hear something that was not meant for one's ears."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dočuvam",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "дочувам"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "overhøre"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "luistervinken"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "kuulla sattumalta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "kuulla vahingossa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "sattua kuulemaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "zufällig mit anhören"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "véletlenülhall (meg)"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "origliare"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naslušuva",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "наслушува"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naslušnuva",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "наслушнува"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "overhøre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podsłuchiwać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "podsłuchać"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "ouvir por acaso"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "escutar sem querer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podslúšivatʹ",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подслу́шивать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podslúšatʹ",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "подслу́шать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slučájno uslýšatʹ",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "случа́йно услы́шать"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "načuti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "nasluhnuti"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "oír por casualidad"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "oír sin querer"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "överhöra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "råka höra"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
          "word": "nghe lén"
        }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dočuvam",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "дочувам"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "overhøre"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "luistervinken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "kuulla sattumalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "kuulla vahingossa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "sattua kuulemaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "zufällig mit anhören"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "véletlenülhall (meg)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "origliare"
    },
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naslušuva",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "наслушува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "naslušnuva",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "наслушнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "overhøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podsłuchiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podsłuchać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "ouvir por acaso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "escutar sem querer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podslúšivatʹ",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подслу́шивать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podslúšatʹ",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
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      "word": "подслу́шать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slučájno uslýšatʹ",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "случа́йно услы́шать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "načuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "nasluhnuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "oír por casualidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "oír sin querer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "överhöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "råka höra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears",
      "word": "nghe lén"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overhear"
}