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How to pronounce hear in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see
Has types trip up, discover, find, ascertain, get the goods, catch, wise up
Verb group witness, find, see
Type Words
Synonyms listen, take heed
Type of concentrate, focus, center, centre, rivet, pore
Has types incline
Derivation hearer, hearing


We must hear the expert before we make a decision.
Type Words
Synonyms try
Type of probe, examine
Has types retry, rehear
Derivation hearing


The jury had heard all the evidence.
Type Words
Type of comprehend, perceive
Has types take in, catch, get, overhear
Derivation hearable, hearing
Type Words
Type of pick up, receive


We heard nothing from our son for five years.

Examples of hear

hear
Introduces personal sports radio so people can hear commercial radio broadcasts.
From the dailyherald.com
People should hear about the schools'budget cuts from a student's point of view.
From the dailyherald.com
My eyes quickly scanned the surroundings as if I were afraid someone might hear.
From the dispatch.com
When he returned my call, I could hear the long-suffering patience in his voice.
From the kentucky.com
You can totally hear an exec interjecting, Can we get Michael Cera for the lead?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Nobody wants to hear that anymore, so you make suggestions about whatever it is.
From the sportingnews.com
What I hear from the large advertisers is that they're used to having their way.
From the businessweek.com
Quiet its tantrums in order to hear more clearly the higher guide inside of you.
From the latimes.com
The state Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Tuesday.
From the sfgate.com
More examples
  • Perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  • Learn: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
  • Examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
  • Receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"
  • Listen: listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
  • (heard) detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall"
  • Hearing, auditory perception, or audition is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations, changes in the pressure of the surrounding medium through time, through an organ such as the ear.
  • Hear! is an album by Trixter released in 1992, reaching #109 on the Billboard 200.
  • Hear is a 2002 album released by Johnny Diesel.