Heard Meaning
/ˈhɜːd/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past and past participle of hear
adjThat has been perceived aurally.
Sentence Examples
I heard a cotton candy shop has just opened. Let's go, dudes.
You will have heard this story before.
Staff got excited when they heard they were getting a bonus.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ a loud noise outside and ran to the window.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I ____ a loud bang coming from the kitchen, so I rushed in to see what had happened.
Word Origin & History
Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English."
— 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
"Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]"
— 1649, Edmund William Ashbee, Occasional Fac-simile Reprints of Rare English Tracts, page 112:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ a loud noise outside and ran to the window.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I ____ a loud bang coming from the kitchen, so I rushed in to see what had happened.