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English

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
    Proto-Indo-European*-s
    Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
    Proto-Indo-European*-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
    Proto-Germanic*hauzijaną
    Proto-West Germanic*hauʀijan
    Old Englishhīeran
    Middle Englishheren
    Englishhear

    FromMiddle Englishheren, fromOld Englishhīeran(“to hear”), fromProto-West Germanic*hauʀijan, fromProto-Germanic*hauzijaną(“to hear”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti(“to be sharp-eared”), from*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”) +*h₂ows-(“ear”) +*-yéti (denominative suffix).

    Cognates

    Cognate withSaterland Frisianheere(“to hear”),West Frisianhearre(“to hear”),Dutchhoren(“to hear”),Germanhören(“to hear”),Danish andNorwegian Bokmålhøre(“to hear”),Norwegian Nynorskhøyra(“to hear”),Icelandicheyra(“to hear”),Ancient Greekἀκούω(akoúō,“I hear”).

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    hear (third-person singular simple presenthears,present participlehearing,simple past and past participleheard)

    1. (intransitive, stative) Toperceive sounds through theear.[from 10th c.]
      I was deaf, and now I canhear.
    2. (transitive, stative) Toperceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with theear, torecognize (something) in an auditory way.[from 10th c.]
      Iheard a sound from outside the window.
      • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:
        Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should beheard on the veranda.
    3. (transitive) To exercise this facultyintentionally; tolisten to.[from 10th c.]
      • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.],The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany:Peter Schöffer],→OCLC,John:
        Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: whyheare ye hym?
      • 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 3, inDeath on the Centre Court:
        It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you canhear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”
    4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; togrant (a request etc.).[from 10th c.]
      Eventually the king chose tohear her entreaties.
    5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come tolearn of.[from 10th c.]
      • 1667,John Milton,Paradise Lost:
        Adam, soon as heheard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank[…]
    6. (withfrom) To becontacted by.
      • 2009, Elsa T. Aguries,The Pearl Within,→ISBN, page141:
        When I don'thear from you, My days feel long and lonely.
      • 2012, Art Wiederhold, Charles Sutphen,From the Depths of Evil,→ISBN, page343:
        They're ten hours overdue. Have youheard from any of them since they left Nineveh?
      • 2012, James Meredith,A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America,→ISBN:
        She left and I neverheard from her again.
    7. (transitive, law) Tolisten to (a person, case) in a court of law; totry.[from 12th c.]
      Your case will beheard at the end of the month.
    8. (transitive, informal) Tosympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
      You're tired of all the ads on TV? Ihear ya.
    9. (transitive, Greek philosophy) Tostudy under.
      • 1656,Thomas Stanley,The History of Philosophy. The Eighth Part, Containing the Stoick Philosophers,page15:
        SPHÆRUS was ofBosphorus, he firstheardZeno, thenCleanthes, and having made a sufficient progresse in learning, went toAlexandria toPtolomy Philopater[…]
      • 1990, Henry J. Blumenthal, “Themistius: the last Peripatetic commentator on Aristotle?”, in Richard Sorabji, editor,Aristotle Transformed: The Ancient Commentators and Their Influence, 2nd edition, published2016,→ISBN,pages130–31:
        Ammonius, the teacher of both Simplicius and Philoponus, tells us how Julian gave a ruling[…] in favor of Maximus, who hadheard Iamblichus, and followed him and Porphyry (in An. Pr. 31,15–22).
      • 2018, “Introduction: The Old Academy to Cicero”, in Harold Tarrantet al., editors,Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity,→ISBN,pages24–25:
        Charmadas, never actually Head of School but a prominent Academic who had himselfheard Carneades, was prepared to teach Plato’sGorgias[…]

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    Translations

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    to perceive with the ear
    to listen—seelisten
    to perceive sounds through the ear
    To receive information about; to come to learn of
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    See also

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    Interjection

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    hear

    1. you hear me

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    Cimbrian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    FromMiddle High Germanherre, fromOld High Germanhērro,hēriro, comparative form ofhēr(“gray-haired, noble, venerable”). Cognate withGermanHerr; see there for more.

    Noun

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    hear m

    1. (Luserna)man,gentleman

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    West Frisian

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    Etymology 1

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    FromOld Frisianhār(“honorable”).

    Noun

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    hear c (pluralhearen,diminutivehearke)

    1. lord
    2. (Christianity) theLord,God
      Wêr de Geast fan deHear is, der is frijheid. ―Wherever the Spirit of theLord is, there is freedom.
    3. nobleman
    4. gentleman
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    Further reading

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    • “hear (I)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

    Etymology 2

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    FromOld Frisianhere, fromProto-West Germanic*hari.

    Noun

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    hear c (pluralhearen)

    1. army
      Yn âlde tiden wie Frjentsjer bilegere fan in machtichhear. ―In days gone by, Franeker was besieged by a mightyarmy.
    2. crowd

    Further reading

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    • “hear (II)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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