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# heard

«heard» in Mova's school dictionary: **you noticed a sound with your ears in the past: I heard a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past and past participle of hear: hear, hears, heard, heard, hearing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Heard means you noticed a sound with your ears in the past: I heard a bang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#m1)

2) It also means you were told news or information: I heard that school is closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#m2)

3) Heard of means you know that something exists: Have you heard of this game? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «heard» tells the reader what a character noticed by sound, often a clue or a warning (heard footsteps, heard a scream). In science lessons on sound, we say a sound is heard when sound waves reach the ear. In safety: if you heard a smoke alarm, get out. Phrases: heard about, heard of, heard from, never heard of, overheard.

### examples

- I heard a dog barking outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x1)
- Did you hear thunder? Yes, I heard it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x2)
- We heard the news on the radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x3)
- Have you heard of the Loch Ness monster? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x4)
- She heard footsteps on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x5)
- I have not heard from my pen pal yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x6)
- The teacher heard us whispering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x7)
- Sound travels through the air to be heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x8)
- Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/#x9)

### note

Pronounced like «herd» (a group of cows): heard and herd are homophones. Not spelled «heared». Hear is about the ear; listen means you pay attention on purpose: you can hear without listening.

### In the corpora

- ["I'm just saying what I heard" and "I only told one person" are still spreading a rumour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/20/)
- [Feeling embarrassed is normal; grown-ups have heard it before and will not think less of you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/16/)
- ["It was reported that" separates what we know ourselves from what we heard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/17/)
- [Honesty for an AI starts with three labels: what you know, what you heard and what you guess.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/0/)
- [Balance means getting each part at the right volume so every part can be heard; being loudest does not make you sound best.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.