"hear" meaning in English

See hear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /hiːr/, /hiːə(r)/ Audio: en-us-hear.ogg [US], en-uk-hear.ogg [UK] Forms: hear [canonical], hears [third-person, singular], heard [past], heard [past, participle], hearing [present, participle]
enPR: hēr, hēə(r) Head templates: {{verb2|hear|hears|heard|heard|hearing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you hear a sound, you notice it with your ear.
    Sense id: simple-hear-en-verb-130ATEQi
     
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    },
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        "past",
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        {
          "text": "I heard music coming from the next room."
        },
        {
          "text": "Speak louder, I cannot hear you!"
        }
      ],
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        "If you hear a sound, you notice it with your ear."
      ],
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      "enpr": "hēr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːr/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ],
      "sampa": "/hi:r/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hēə(r)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "non-rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːə(r)/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "non-rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "non-rhotic"
      ],
      "sampa": "/hi:@(r)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hear.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
      ]
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      "homophones": [
        "here"
      ]
    }
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heard",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heard",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hearing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "hear",
        "2": "hears",
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        "4": "heard",
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        {
          "text": "I heard music coming from the next room."
        },
        {
          "text": "Speak louder, I cannot hear you!"
        }
      ],
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        "If you hear a sound, you notice it with your ear."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "enpr": "hēr",
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːr/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "rhotic"
      ],
      "sampa": "/hi:r/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "hēə(r)",
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        "non-rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiːə(r)/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "non-rhotic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "non-rhotic"
      ],
      "sampa": "/hi:@(r)/"
    },
    {
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        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-uk-hear.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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