heard
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝd/
Audio (US) (file) - (NYC) IPA(key): /hɜɪd/
- (Ireland, Appalachia) IPA(key): /hiːɹd/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
- Homophone: herd
Verb edit
heard
- simple past and past participle of hear
Adjective edit
heard (not comparable)
- That has been heard or listened to; that has been aurally detected.
- 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 10:
- [T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English.
Interjection edit
heard
- I understand; gotcha
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī). Compare Old Frisian herd, Old Saxon hard, Old Dutch hart, Old High German hart, Old Norse harðr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (hardus).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
heard
Declension edit
Declension of heard — Strong
Declension of heard — Weak
Derived terms edit
- heardcwide (“harsh language”)
- hearde (“severely”)
- heardecg (“hard of edge”)
- heardfyrde (“difficult to carry”)
- heardheort (“hard-hearted”)
- heardheortness (“hard-heartedness”)
- heardhicgende (“bold in purpose”)
- heardhēawa (“a chisel”)
- heardian (“to harden”)
- hearding (“a hero”)
- heardlīcness (“hardness”)
- heardlīċ (“severe”)
- heardlīċe (“hardly”)
- heardmōd (“brave”)
- heardmōdness (“hardness of heart”)
- heardneb (“hard-beak”)
- heardness (“hardness”)
- heardrǣd (“steadfast”)
- heardsǣliġ (“unfortunate”)
- heardsǣlness (“misfortune”)
- heardsǣlþ (“a hard fate”)
- heardwendlīċe (“severely”)