What does HEARD mean?

Definitions for HEARD
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heardadjective

    detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

    "a conversation heard through the wall"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Heard

    of Hear

  2. Heard

    imp. & p. p. of Hear

Editors Contribution

  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 Records

  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

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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. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy:

    I have heard from members, concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message, we all need to be working as one, if we're able to win the majority. Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned, and that's about the message about going forward.

  2. Israel LaSalle:

    I heard a pop, you know, like somebody had shot, so I opened the door and I look out and he was running up the stairs and he told me somebody shot his brother.

  3. Andrew Cuomo:

    I understand freedom of religion, i have heard the anti-vaxxers theory, but I believe both are overwhelmed by the public health risk.

  4. Nick Beaton:

    Kristen just wanted to go to work and be safe just like everyone else, i want to get Kristen's voice heard while people are listening.

  5. Cory Booker:

    Right now, the vice president to me is not doing a good job at bringing folks together. In fact, he's caused -- and I've heard this from people all around the country -- he's causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words.

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