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To perceive (sound) by the ear: Can you hear the signal?
(verb-transitive)
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To learn by hearing; be told by others: I heard she got married.
(verb-transitive)
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To listen to attentively: Hear what I have to tell you.
(verb-transitive)
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To listen to in an official, professional, or formal capacity: heard the last witness in the afternoon.
(verb-transitive)
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To listen to and consider favorably: Lord, hear my prayer!
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.