as in audible
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1
as in realized
to come to an awareness of
I heard your sister is home from the hospital
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as in listened
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing
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Recent Examples of heard
Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
This is what The Athletic has heard about Chelsea’s plans for January so far.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Explosions were also heard in Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, and Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv Independent reported.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
In a video posted to Kendall's sister Kim Kardashian's story, the SKIMS mogul can be heard asking to take one of the bottles of 818 as a parting gift.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
The attack included ballistic missiles, the station added, with several explosions heard thundering across the city.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
When reached by The Enquirer Monday evening, Jeffreys had not yet heard ODOT had made the same suggestion.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
The revelation that the grand jury has heard more testimony in recent weeks suggests prosecutors are still pursuing new evidence.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
Fox News Digital obtained shocking audio between Cyrus and his estranged wife where the country crooner is heard berating his Australian ex and using profane language.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
This is what The Athletic has heard about Chelsea’s plans for January so far.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Explosions were also heard in Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, and Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv Independent reported.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
In a video posted to Kendall's sister Kim Kardashian's story, the SKIMS mogul can be heard asking to take one of the bottles of 818 as a parting gift.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
The attack included ballistic missiles, the station added, with several explosions heard thundering across the city.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
When reached by The Enquirer Monday evening, Jeffreys had not yet heard ODOT had made the same suggestion.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
The revelation that the grand jury has heard more testimony in recent weeks suggests prosecutors are still pursuing new evidence.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heard
Adjective
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Philadelphia brought back Sirianni amid murmurs about his job status, and that conversation became more audible after the Eagles started the season 2-2.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Complaints about distraction are most audible from members of the knowledge class—journalists, artists, novelists, professors.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The team realized that this is how mobula rays are such successful filter feeders.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
31 Dec. 2024
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The players soon realized Panagoulias might be the wrong leader.—
Pablo Maurer,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Arabic-speaking soldiers then listened to these calls to determine whether a wanted militant had been found.—
Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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The detectives then listened to the recording the kidnappers left in the bedroom.—
KFOX Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Fort Bend County District Attorney Brian Middleton, whose office is currently prosecuting two crosswalk death cases under the new statute, said a the circumstances of a crash can be easily discernible from an immediate but thorough investigation by police.—
Jay R. Jordan,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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That detail is not immediately discernible to the naked eye, unlike the large, attention-catching disks the performers wear around their necks, and which Lauer also designed.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But once the job became a reality, Williams discovered the job was unsustainable.—
Alysa Guffey,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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Biologist Hugh Gabriel discovered a new species of frog in Madagascar that spend their entire lives in trees in the rainforest and have a lifestyle unique for frogs.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Many of the rally attendees WIRED spoke to saw Musk’s ownership of X as a boon.—
Vittoria Elliott,
WIRED,
10 Oct. 2024
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Weather Wind and rain are not your friends when sawing.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The complete lack of ghosting or any perceptible delay between my key presses or mouse clicks and onscreen response is refreshing.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
28 Oct. 2022
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Those in-the-moment progressions can feel tiny and barely perceptible from one session to the next.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Half of them learned the language in the morning and returned in the evening to have their memory tested.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Half the participants learned the language in the morning — the other half learned it in the evening, then slept on it.—
Maureen Mackey,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Heard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heard. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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