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 Definitions of overhear  [ˌoʊ vərˈhɪər]  

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Definition of 'overhear' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) overhear
to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge.

Etymology:  (1540–50)

Definition of 'overhear' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) catch, take in, overhear
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
"We overheard the conversation at the next table"


Definition of 'overhear' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) overhear
to hear a conversation that you were not intended to hear
I overheard two girls talking about the party.


Translation of 'overhear' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to hear (what one was not intended to hear)
She overheard two people talking in the next room.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: toevallig hoor, afluister Arabic flag Arabic: يَسْتَرِق السَّمْع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дочувам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ouvir Czech flag Czech: zaslechnout German flag German: belauschen, zufällig höre
Danish flag Danish: overhøre; komme til at hø Greek flag Greek: ακούω κτ. χωρίς να το θέλ Spanish flag Spanish: oír por casualidad, acert
Estonian flag Estonian: pealt kuulma Farsi flag Farsi: شنیدن Finnish flag Finnish: kuulla sattumalta
French flag French: entendre (par hasard) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִשמוֹעַ בְּמִקרֶה Hindi flag Hindi: चुपके से सुनना
Croatian flag Croatian: dočuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: véletlenül meghall Indonesian flag Indonesian: ikut mendengar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: heyra (óvart) á tal annar Italian flag Italian: (sentire per caso) Japanese flag Japanese: ふと聞く
Korean flag Korean: 우연히 듣다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nugirsti Latvian flag Latvian: nejauši dzirdēt; noklausī
Malay flag Malay: terdengar Dutch flag Dutch: toevallig horen Norwegian flag Norwegian: overhøre, høre tilfeldig
Polish flag Polish: podsłuchać Persian flag Persian: شنیدن Pashto flag Pashto: اوريدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ouvir Romanian flag Romanian: a auzi (fără să vrea) Russian flag Russian: нечаянно услышать
Slovak flag Slovak: vypočuť Slovenian flag Slovenian: slučajno slišati Serbian flag Serbian: slučajno čuti
Swedish flag Swedish: råka få höra (avlyssna), Thai flag Thai: ได้ยินโดยไม่ตั้งใจ Turkish flag Turkish: kulak misafiri olmak, ist
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 無意中聽到的,偷聽 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: випадково почути Urdu flag Urdu: اتفاقاً سن لينا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nghe lỏm Chinese flag Chinese: 无意中听到的,偷听

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