hear
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
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Sense 2 verb
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
I learned that she has two grown-up children
Types & categories
- get the goods hyponym
- wise up hyponym
- trip up hyponym
- ascertain hyponym
- discover hyponym
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Sense 3 verb
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
The jury had heard all the evidence
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Sense 4 verb
receive a communication from someone
We heard nothing from our son for five years
Types & categories
- receive hypernym
Sense 5 verb
listen and pay attention
Listen to your father
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | audition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | audible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overhear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | find |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | witness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | get the goods |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wise up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trip up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ascertain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hearing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trier |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | probe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rehear |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | receive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | listening |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | attender |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rivet |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |