hear

verb

ˈhir How to pronounce hear (audio)
Definition of hearnext
1
as in to realize
to come to an awareness of I heard your sister is home from the hospital

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2
as in to listen
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing

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Recent Examples of hear But these court cases don’t just appear out of thin air, especially when they are heard in the a school's backyard. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The Planning and Zoning Commission is expected to hear the application in November. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 If everyone feels comfortable to share ideas and to collaborate and feel like they’re heard, that’s just the best way to make movies. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Murmurs about the power of politicians and unfair advantages of the rich were heard as participants warmed up to each other. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hear
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hear
  1. realize
  2. listen
  3. see
  4. discover
  5. learn
  6. find
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  • What to read next After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But kidding aside, AI used in the right way can make people smarter about their health, more so than most realize.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of realize
Verb
  • Yet their willingness to talk, listen, and imagine what had seemed impossible helped lay the groundwork for historic nuclear arms reductions.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The poetry world in the city is multifarious and energetic, with waves of practitioners reading, listening to, and publishing one another.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of listen
Verb
  • Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
  • American Transmission Company, a utility firm that develops and manages high-voltage transmission lines, has seen rapid growth, in part thanks to the AI and data center buildout.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of see
Verb
  • They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of discover
Verb
  • Dazzle, the new venture, is a personal AI assistant that learns from the photos on a user’s phone, said Mayer.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rilke writes about solitude, love, patience and learning to live with uncertainty.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of learn
Verb
  • Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Other organizations linked to Page, including Flu Lab LLC, One Aero, and Oceankind, were also incorporated in Delaware that month, after previously being in California, Rogelberg’s analysis of state filings found.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of find

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“Hear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hear. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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