get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
emphasis If you say that you can't hear yourself think, you are complaining and emphasizing that there is a lot of noise, and that it is disturbing you or preventing you from doing something. For God's sake shut up. I can't hear myself think!
If you say that you can hear someone saying something, you mean that you are able to imagine hearing it. Can't you just hear John Motson now? `I was hot,' I could still hear Charlotte say with her delicious French accent
formulae During political debates and public meetings, people sometimes say `Hear hear!' to express their agreement with what the speaker is saying
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
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
Health Enrollment Assessment Review Collection of personal information from beneficiaries The information is used primarily to plan health care delivery needs Information used in this survey is sent only to the beneficiary and their Primary Care Manager (PCM), and kept in the beneficiary's medical record Other results from this survey will be provided only in combination with results from other enrollees and cannot be used to identify the beneficiary
To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor
When a judge or a court of law hears a case, or evidence in a case, they listen to it officially in order to make a decision about it. The jury have heard evidence from defence witnesses
To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen
If you have heard of something or someone, you know about them, but not in great detail. Many people haven't heard of reflexology. people who, maybe, had hardly heard the word till a year or two ago