Hear
To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.
To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.
To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.
To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.
To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.
To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.
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Hear Quotations
I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
Buddha
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham Lincoln
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Benjamin Franklin
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya Angelou
We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mahatma Gandhi
Hear Translations
hear in Afrikaans is hoor
hear in Dutch is verstaan, horen, vernemen
hear in Finnish is kuulla
hear in Italian is sentisti
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