overhear
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
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- 14
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- 8
Definition of overhear
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
“I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.”
“"It is incomprehensible," replied Sir Fergus, dropping his voice so that the old man could not overhear.”
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Etymology
From Middle English overheren, from Old English oferhīeran (“to overhear, hear, disobey, disregard, neglect”), equivalent to over- + hear. Cognate with Dutch overhoren (“to hear, hear about”), German überhören (“to not hear, ignore”), Danish overhøre (“to overhear”), Icelandic yfirheyra (“to hear”), Gothic *𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*ufarhausjan, “to disregard, disobey”) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ufarhauseins)).
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