Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heard

/ˈhɝd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.27 in modern English

Syllables: heard
IPA: /ˈhɝd/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of hear

adj

That has been perceived aurally.

intj

I understand; gotcha.

Colloquial

noun

Obsolete form of herd.

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"[T]he following are some examples of the types of heard information that can be used to distinguish some of the languages in Singapore, namely Malay and Singapore English."
"Their power is […] to […] unfructify Trees, parch and wither Grasse and Hearbes; bring scabs and diseases upon men, and murraine and rot upon Heards and Flockes […]"

Etymology

Occupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -, heord

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɝd/
British English: /ˈhɜːd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

'eard (alternative, dialectal) heerd (alternative, dialectal) hoid (alternative, dialectal) yeard (alternative, dialectal) yerd (alternative, dialectal) heards (plural)

Derived Forms

underheard unheard

Phrases

Heard County

Homonyms

herd Hurd

Rhymes With

third one-third word bird referred occurred transferred preferred absurd herd nerd incurred

Questions

How do you pronounce heard?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɝd/.
What does heard mean?: simple past and past participle of hear
Where does heard come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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