Meanings
heard1
alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of hear
alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd
- not comparableThat has been perceived aurally.
[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.
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10
alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling 'eard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling heerd · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling hoid · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yeard · alternative dialectal pronunciation spelling yerd
- colloquialI understand; gotcha.
heard2
plural heards
- obsoleteObsolete form of herd.
Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]
1649, Edmund William Ashbee, Occasional Fac-simile Reprints of Rare English Tracts, page 112
Heard3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedetected or perceived by the sense of hearing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishheord“herd”
- EnglishHeard
Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).
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Cite this entry
heard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heard
“heard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heard.
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