heard

American  

[hurd] / hɜrd /

verb

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

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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

Etymology

Origin of heard

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

What were your feelings when you heard the news?

From Los Angeles Times

Villarreal: My reaction was more, it had been a while since I heard the title.

From Los Angeles Times

When Adrian Metoyer first heard government officials describing his best friend as an “active shooter” and threat to his community, he was furious.

From Los Angeles Times

Greco has since heard from judges across the state that they feel their hands are tied.

From Los Angeles Times

To become autonomous, humanoid robots need AI that translates what is seen and heard into actions, which is beyond the scope of today's large language models that power tools like ChatGPT.

From Barron's