heard

[hurd]

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of hear.

adjective

1. perceived by the ear or learned by hearing.

   Linguists have many theories about how we comprehend heard utterances, but less to say about language production.

   Review your notes and add any comments while the heard information is fresh in your memory.

Other Word Forms

• half-heard adjective
• well-heard adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heard¹

First recorded before 900 heard for def. 1, in 1480–90 heard for def. 2; hear ( def. ) + -(e)d ¹ ( def. ) for verb sense; hear ( def. ) + -(e)d ² ( def. ) for adjective sense

Example Sentences

The jury heard that he said he had stabbed himself in the neck, consumed brake fluid and driven his Porsche car into the water.

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The witness was then asked about a line in another message, which the court heard said that Ms Wandelt recalled playing the playground game Ring a Ring o' Roses.

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I had never heard anyone talk about my country like that.

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Texts were sent between a woman and her lover talking about poisoning her husband by putting "antifreeze in his gravy", a jury has heard.

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One of two men accused of plotting to kill Jewish people in Manchester "hero-worshipped" the man behind the 2015 Paris attack in which 130 people were killed, a court has heard.

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