Definitions for heard
heard

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. heardadjective

   detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

   "a conversation heard through the wall"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heard

   It is now written herd: as, cowherd, a cowkeeper; hyrd , Saxon.signifies a keeper, and is sometimes initial; as heardbearht, a glorious keeper: sometimes final, as cyneheard, a royal keeper. Edmund Gibson Camden.

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1. heard

   The general definition of "heard" is the past tense and past participle of the verb "hear," which means to perceive or become aware of sound through the ears.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Heard

   of Hear

2. Heard

   imp. & p. p. of Hear

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. heardverb

   Verb form of the word hear.

   They heard the music coming from the speakers as they entered the wedding venue, it brought much joy to their soul.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HEARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heard is ranked #1534 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Heard surname appeared 23,408 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Heard.
   
   54.5% or 12,762 total occurrences were Black.
   39.1% or 9,160 total occurrences were White.
   3.1% or 733 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.4% or 569 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 94 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 94 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #481

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #398

Anagrams for heard »

1. hared

How to pronounce heard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say heard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heard in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of heard in a Sentence

1. Walt James:

   I heard what sounded like a gunshot! I heard a big firing, probably two minutes before the next two shots I heard and then after that there was a CRASH. I didn’t see anything, but I heard it!

2. Daunte Wrights:

   I heard the police officer come to the window and say,' Put the phone down and get out of the car,' and Kim Potter said,' Why ?' And he said,' We'll explain to Daunte Wright mother when Daunte Wright mother get out of the car,' so, I heard the phone get either put on the dashboard or dropped, and I heard scuffling, and I heard the police officers say,' Kim Potter, don't run.' And then the other officer said,' Put the phone down'.

3. Warren Zevon:

   I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns I heard Maria crying Late last night I heard the news That Veracruz was dying

4. Ogden Nash:

   They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.

5. Ton Voskuijl:

   My mother never boasted about it. She always kept it to herself, kept it secret. Spoke about it as little as possible. I would have preferred if she had also told us about it. Otto Frank visited us regularly and then you sometimes heard things, but I’ve never heard the whole story.

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