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heard^¹

/ˈhɜːd/ UK
/hɔːd/ Northumbria, UK
/ˈhɝd/ US
/hiːɹd/ Appalachia, Ireland
/hɛrd/ Early Modern
/hærd/ Early Modern

Sounds like herd, Hurd · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d

verb 'eard · heerd · hoid · yeard · yerd

participle, past simple past and past participle of hear

adjective 'eard · heerd · hoid · yeard · yerd

not comparable That 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.

interjection 'eard · heerd · hoid · yeard · yerd

colloquial I understand; gotcha.

heard^²

/ˈhɜːd/ UK
/hɔːd/ Northumbria, UK
/ˈhɝd/ US
/hiːɹd/ Appalachia, Ireland
/hɛrd/ Early Modern
/hærd/ Early Modern

Sounds like herd, Hurd · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d

noun heards

obsolete Obsolete 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 […]

Heard^³

Where it comes from

Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).

proper noun Heards

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: detected, vista, spoken, read, perceived, defined, understanding, understood, audition, thought, learned, knowledge, addressed, informed, know, abreast

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Chicago

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@misc{heard_2026,
  title = {heard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}