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How to pronounce hear
Say it like this: /ˈhɪɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does hear mean?
verbTo perceive sounds through the ear.
“I was deaf, but now I can hear.”
To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
“I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.”
To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
“Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?”
intjyou hear me
“Y'all come back now, hear?”
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