Definition of Hear

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Definition of Hear

Hear

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.

To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.

To give attention to as a teacher or judge.

To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.

To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.

To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.

To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.

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Hear Quotations

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Buddha

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya Angelou

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
Barack Obama

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Benjamin Franklin

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mohandas Gandhi

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think - in a deeper voice.
Bill Cosby

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Hear Translations

hear in Afrikaans is hoor
hear in Dutch is verstaan, horen, vernemen
hear in Finnish is kuulla
hear in Italian is sentisti

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