heed
- to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- to give attention; have regard.
- careful attention; notice; observation (usually with give or take).
Origin of heed
Synonyms for heed
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Related Words for heeded
observe, hear, obey, listen, note, dig, hark, consider, attend, sit, spot, regard, mind, mark, watch, see, hearken, catch, follow, baby-sitExamples from the Web for heeded
Contemporary Examples of heeded
Judging by the frustration of U.S. officials attempting to track ISIS, the militants appear to have heeded that call.
A day earlier Cameron had written that the lessons of the Second World War should be heeded.
Now the question is whether or not that warning will be heeded.
Barack Obama, I was relieved to see, heeded my words from yesterday.
God says that the people knew that they would not be heeded.
Historical Examples of heeded
The word "ought" was not heeded at Constantinople, but the word "must" was understood fully there.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
I heeded not the gay smiles and free merriment of those around me.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
But Mirandy, pouring her batter into the pan, heeded him no more than was her wont.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
Theodora heeded him not, for she was absorbed in the ideas that crowded upon her mind.
Gomez AriasJoaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
And, like him, I heeded not the menace of the things I had witnessed.
Wanderer of InfinityHarl Vincent
heed
- close and careful attention; notice (often in the phrases give, pay, or take heed)
- to pay close attention to (someone or something)
Word Origin for heed
Word Origin and History for heeded
heed
"attention, notice, regard," early 14c., apparently from heed (v.). Survives only in literal use and as the object of verbs (take heed, etc.).
heed
Old English hedan "to heed, observe; to take care, attend," from West Germanic *hodjan (cf. Old Saxon hodian, Old Frisian hoda, Middle Dutch and Dutch hoeden, Old High German huotan, German hüten "to guard, watch"), from PIE *kadh- "to shelter, cover" (see hat). Related: Heeded; heeding.