Verb
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listen and pay attention
"Listen to your father"
"We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
- take heed -
receive a communication from someone
"We heard nothing from our son for five years"
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examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
"The jury had heard all the evidence"
"The case will be tried in California"
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get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
"I learned that she has two grown-up children"
"I see that you have been promoted"
- get word - get wind - pick up - find out - get a line -
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense