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hear

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1. hear - Verb

2. hear - Interjection

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. Augustine of Hippo

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. William James

True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear. George Orwell

Say nothing about another that you wouldn't want to hear about yourself. Salvadoran Proverb

In heaven you wont hear the mosquitoes. Finnish Proverb

It's better to see once than hear a hundred times. Russian Proverb

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