heart

CEFRA1

/hɑːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The organ that pumps blood around the body.

  2. 02

    noun

    The central or most important part of something.

Examples

  • The patient's heart stopped beating for a few seconds.

  • My heart was filled with happiness.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.

  2. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

  3. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

More examples

In context

  • a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

  • Just follow your heart.

  • She has a cold heart.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

PIE word *ḱḗr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core. Cognate with Dutch hart, German Herz, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hjerte, Norwegian Nynorsk hjarte, Swedish hjärta, Faroese and Icelandic hjarta. Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old Engl...