hear of

1. Be informed about, as in I'd never heard of that jazz singer before, but she was very good. [Late 1500s] Also see not have it (hear of it).

Example Sentences

Many escapees said they had witnessed prisoners die from ill treatment, overwork and malnutrition, though the UN did hear of "some limited improvements" at the facilities, including "a slight decrease in violence by guards".

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But Burnham said Tice and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage were both "creatures of the London establishment" and he was not "surprised in the slightest" to hear of their opposition to NPR.

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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott said he was "deeply saddened" to hear of her death.

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There is a palpable sense of shock on the faces of people gathering at the site of a major funicular crash in the Portuguese capital as they hear of how a three-year-old German boy was pulled alive from the wreckage - a lucky survivor of Wednesday's terrible crash which killed 16 people.

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Kate Forbes, deputy first minister and MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said she was deeply sorry to hear of news of the incident.

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