What does overhear mean?
Definitions for overhear
ˌoʊ vərˈhɪərover·hear
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Princeton's WordNet
catch, take in, overhearverb
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
"We overheard the conversation at the next table"
Wiktionary
overhearverb
To hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears.
Etymology: From *, from oferhieran, equivalent to. Cognate with overhoren, überhören, overhøre, yfirheyra.
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overhear
To overhear is to accidentally or unintentionally hear a conversation or parts of a conversation that one was not meant to be a part of, usually while in close proximity to the people involved in the conversation.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Overhear
ō-vėr-hēr′, v.t. to hear what was not intended to be heard: to hear by accident: (Shak.) to hear over again.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of overhear in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of overhear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of overhear in a Sentence
You would overhear the mom and daughter talking about, 'Oh, isn't it great that you just filmed so-and-so. This'll be a snap. You've already been in front of this producer,' anything to get into the mind of the poor kid who is going up for an audition.
I could overhear her speaking with a flight attendant (an African American woman), i saw the gate agent go to the seat of the individual who was walking back and forth before we took off.
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- overhøreDanish
- zufällig mit anhörenGerman
- origliareItalian
- наслушнува, наслушуваMacedonian
- luistervinkenDutch
- overhøreNorwegian
- подслушать, подслушивать, случайно услышатьRussian
- načuti, nasluhnutiSerbo-Croatian
- nghe lénVietnamese
- 偷聽Chinese
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