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Meaning of "heard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEARD

heard  [hɜːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heard is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb heard in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HEARD

PRESENT

Present
I hear
you hear
he/she/it hears
we hear
you hear
they hear
Present continuous
I am hearing
you are hearing
he/she/it is hearing
we are hearing
you are hearing
they are hearing
Present perfect
I have heard
you have heard
he/she/it has heard
we have heard
you have heard
they have heard
Present perfect continuous
I have been hearing
you have been hearing
he/she/it has been hearing
we have been hearing
you have been hearing
they have been hearing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I heard
you heard
he/she/it heard
we heard
you heard
they heard
Past continuous
I was hearing
you were hearing
he/she/it was hearing
we were hearing
you were hearing
they were hearing
Past perfect
I had heard
you had heard
he/she/it had heard
we had heard
you had heard
they had heard
Past perfect continuous
I had been hearing
you had been hearing
he/she/it had been hearing
we had been hearing
you had been hearing
they had been hearing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hear
you will hear
he/she/it will hear
we will hear
you will hear
they will hear
Future continuous
I will be hearing
you will be hearing
he/she/it will be hearing
we will be hearing
you will be hearing
they will be hearing
Future perfect
I will have heard
you will have heard
he/she/it will have heard
we will have heard
you will have heard
they will have heard
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hearing
you will have been hearing
he/she/it will have been hearing
we will have been hearing
you will have been hearing
they will have been hearing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would heard
you would heard
he/she/it would heard
we would heard
you would heard
they would heard
Conditional continuous
I would be hearing
you would be hearing
he/she/it would be hearing
we would be hearing
you would be hearing
they would be hearing
Conditional perfect
I would have heard
you would have heard
he/she/it would have heard
we would have heard
you would have heard
they would have heard
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hearing
you would have been hearing
he/she/it would have been hearing
we would have been hearing
you would have been hearing
they would have been hearing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hear
we let´s hear
you hear
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hear
Past participle
heard
Present Participle
hearing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEARD


absurd
əbˈsɜːd
bird
bɜːd
bluebird
ˈbluːˌbɜːd
blurred
blɜːd
Byrd
bɜːd
crossword
ˈkrɒswɜːd
deferred
dɪˈfɜːd
firebird
ˈfaɪəˌbɜːd
herd
hɜːd
hummingbird
ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd
Hurd
hɜːd
inferred
ɪnˈfɜːd
keyword
ˈkiːˌwɜːd
nerd
nɜːd
password
ˈpɑːsˌwɜːd
preferred
prɪˈfɜːd
third
θɜːd
thunderbird
ˈθʌndəˌbɜːd
Verde
vɜːd
word
wɜːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEARD

hear
hear out
hear tell
hear! hear!
hearable
Heard and McDonald Islands
hearer
hearing
hearing aid
hearing defect
hearing dog
hearing impaired
hearing loss
hearing test
hearken
hearkener
hearsay
hearsay evidence
hearse

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEARD

Aaron´s beard
afeard
beard
billy goat beard
Blackbeard
Bluebeard
debeard
eard
goatsbeard
graybeard
greater forkbeard
greybeard
grow the beard
hawk´s-beard
old man´s beard
unheard
Vandyke beard
whitebeard
yeard

Synonyms and antonyms of heard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HEARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heard

Translation of «heard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEARD

Find out the translation of heard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

听说
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oído
570 millions of speakers

English

heard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سمعت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слышал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ouvido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hearable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entendu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh dengar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehört
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

聞いた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

들어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dicoba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hearable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐकण्यायोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hearable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sentito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słyszałem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чув
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a auzit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακούσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gehoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hört
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hørt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heard

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARD»

The term «heard» is very widely used and occupies the 3.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heard

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «HEARD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heard.
1
Stephen Amell
I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie and how he behaves on set and how he interacts with the crew because from everything that I've heard, it is the template for professionalism and just the way to conduct yourself as an actor.
2
Ellen Bass
Garrison Keillor read several of my poems on 'The Writer's Almanac' and I've heard from listeners nationally and internationally. That's one of the great gifts of email.
3
Angela Bassett
The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.
4
Kathleen Battle
From the spiritual came the blues, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues. I heard all of that music growing up, and that has influenced how I approached classical music. I'm sure of it.
5
Kit Bond
As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making.
6
Vanna Bonta
Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
7
Christian Borle
I've heard rumors about myself that are true - and nobody likes that. But there's actually something very liberating when you hear a false rumor because you realize there's nothing you can do. People are going to say whatever they want - especially on chat boards.
8
Daniel Breaker
Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
9
Lou Brock
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.
10
Chris Brown
I didn't understand that I could sing until I was like 11 or 12. My mom heard me singing around the house and she said, What are you doing? You really can sing! So then I started going to school and singing to the girls.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEARD»

Discover the use of heard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Drawing from journals she kept and letters she wrote during her incarceration, Amanda gives an unflinching and deeply personal account of her harrowing experience, from the devastation of her friend's murder to the series of mistakes and ...
Amanda Knox, 2013
2
Be Heard Now!
From the Hardcover edition.
Lee Glickstein, 2000
3
I Heard That Song Before: A Novel
Marrying the son of her father's wealthy employer, twenty-eight-year-old gardener's daughter Kay Lansing becomes increasingly disturbed by the suspicion surrounding her husband, Peter, in regard to the mysterious deaths of his first wife ...
Mary Higgins Clark, 2008
4
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American ...
These rumors reverberate through Black America. Now, Patricia Turner presents a groundbreaking, comprehensive look at how rumors translate white oppression into folk warnings throughout the African-American community.
Patricia A. Turner, 1993
5
What About Those Who Have Never Heard?: Three Views on the ...
But in a culture of increasing diversity and growing doubt in the existence of "objective truth," it seems ever more pressing. In this book three scholars present the span of evangelical conviction on the destiny of the unevangelized.
Gabriel Fackre, Ronald H. Nash, John Sanders, 2009
6
Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics: Examining and ...
These are all issues (amongst others) that the fully revised and updated Second Edition of Handbook of Firearms and Ballistics: Examining and Interpreting Forensic Evidence covers in a clear and accessible manner.
Brian J. Heard, 2011
7
As Heard on TV: Popular Music in Advertising
Chapter. 1. As. Heard. on. TV: The. Marriage. of. Popular. Music. and. Advertising. Art versus Commerce, Revisited The presence of popular music in television commercials continues to be met with concern from fans, critics, and musicians ...
Dr Bethany Klein, 2013
8
Seen and Heard: Children's Rights in Early Childhood Education
The authors' work is based on these essential ideas: (1) the "one hundred languages" children use for exploring, discovering, constructing, representing, and conveying their ideas; (2) the pedagogy of listening, in which children and adults ...
Ellen Lynn Hall, Jennifer Kofkin Rudkin, 2011
9
Screaming to Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect... ...
Observations, anecdotes, and illustrations from one of America's favorite writers.
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, 2000
10
I Heard You Paint Houses
This is a page turner that is destined to become a true-crime classic.
Charles Brandt, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heard is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Amber Heard, Johnny Depp's wife, issued with summons over …
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions issued Heard, 29, a summons on Tuesday to attend the Southport Magistrates Court in ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
2
Emily Titterington death: Voice 'not heard' by agencies - BBC News
The voice of a vulnerable 16-year-old who died from a constipation-induced heart attack "was not heard" despite seven agencies being ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Red Rocks management says they've heard no complaints about …
The Winter on the Rocks concert kicked off Friday night, January 27, 2012 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Three bands warmed up the crowd ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
4
Johnny Depp's partner Amber Heard issued with summons after …
American actress Amber Heard has been issued with a summons after illegally bringing dogs Boo and Pistol into Australia on Johnny Depp's ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
Arguments Over TCSO Grand Jury Heard At State Supreme Court …
Glanz took his fight from Tulsa to the highest court in the state, and behind closed doors, a state Supreme Court referee heard arguments in the ... «News On 6, Jul 15»
6
Penguins' Pouliot heard trade whispers, but now hopes to make noise
Pouliot said Tuesday at Penguins development camp that he heard rumors — which turned out to be ill-founded — of his inclusion in a trade for ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
7
When a Detroit Man Heard Women Screaming in an Alley, He …
“When I heard the scream, I'm thinking an animal jumped out the bushes on them or something,” Thomas told WJBK-TV. “Then again I hear this ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
8
You've Heard Of Hot Dogs, Here's A Hot Cat : NPR
People walking by heard purring from the engine — even after it was switched off. The kitty was quickly dubbed "Mars" — after the chocolate, ... «NPR, Jul 15»
9
Scene & Heard: Tahmoh Penikett talks Riftworld: Chronicles | The …
... the web series Riftworld: Chronicles which premiers Tuesday, July 14 on CBC Punchline. He came into the studio to talk with Scene & Heard. «The Province, Jul 15»
10
“It was just wild and the weirdest sound you've ever heard” | Fox17
“We were just watching a show and all the sudden we heard what sounded like a freight train, this eerie sound,” said Bivins. “My husband and I ... «Fox17, Jul 15»

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