hear
1. perceive (sound) via the auditory sense (Freq. 275)
• Derivationally related forms:
hearable, hearing
• Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
• Hyponyms:
catch, take in, overhear, get
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They will hear the duet
2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally (Freq. 60)
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
• Syn:
learn, get word, get wind, pick up, find out,
get a line, discover, see
• Derivationally related forms:
discovery (for: discover)
• Hyponyms:
get the goods, wise up, trip up, catch, ascertain,
discover, find
• Verb Group:
witness, find, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: see)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: discover)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get a line)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: get wind)
- Somebody ----s (for: get word)
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE (for: learn)
- They hear that there was a traffic accident
3. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process (Freq. 12)
- The jury had heard all the evidence
- The case will be tried in California
• Syn:
try
• Derivationally related forms:
trier (for: try), hearing
• Hypernyms:
probe, examine
• Hyponyms:
rehear, retry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. receive a communication from someone (Freq. 8)
- We heard nothing from our son for five years
• Hypernyms:
pick up, receive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
5. listen and pay attention
- Listen to your father
- We must hear the expert before we make a decision
• Syn:
listen, take heed
• Derivationally related forms:
hearer, hearing, listener (for: listen), listening (for: listen)
• Hypernyms:
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
• Hyponyms:
incline
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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