Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heare

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hear

(England, law) A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.

(archaic) Listen to me; used to introduce a public announcement.

(idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, thing.

(US Navy) An instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.

(historical) A trumpet-shaped acoustic device formerly used as a hearing aid.

Having some degree of deafness; hard of hearing.

(transitive, informal) To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.

A dog trained to assist the deaf, alerting the deaf person to doorbells, smoke alarms etc.