to hear out
1hear out — verb listen to every detail and give a full hearing to • Hypernyms: ↑listen • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * hear out To listen to (someone) until he or she has said all he or she wishes to say • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
2hear out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hear out : present tense I/you/we/they hear out he/she/it hears out present participle hearing out past tense heard out past participle heard out hear someone out to listen to someone until they have finished… …
3hear out — hear (someone) out to listen to someone until they have finished. Everyone in that room was angry when I got there, but except for one person, they all stayed to hear me out. Usage notes: sometimes used as a request: “Can we end this discussion… …
4hear out — PHRASAL VERB If you hear someone out, you listen to them without interrupting them until they have finished saying everything that they want to say. [V n P] MPs heard him out in silence... [V n P] Perhaps, when you ve heard me out, you ll… …
5hear out — verb To listen to someone until that person has finished. Stop interrupting and hear me out! …
6hear out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. listen to, yield to, yield the floor to, remain silent; see listen 2 …
7hear out — listen to fully, listen to all that another has to say without interrupting …
8hear — W1S1 [hıə US hır] v past tense and past participle heard [hə:d US hə:rd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hear sounds/words etc)¦ 2¦(listen to somebody/something)¦ 3¦(be told something)¦ 4¦(in court)¦ 5 have heard of somebody/something 6 not hear the last of somebody… …
9hear — [ hır ] (past tense and past participle heard [ hɜrd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 notice sound ▸ 2 receive information ▸ 3 listen to ▸ 4 understand (feeling) ▸ 5 about things said ▸ 6 in court of law ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive never… …
10hear — [hir] vt. heard [hʉrd] hearing [ME heren < OE hieran, akin to Ger hören (Goth hausjan) < IE base * keu , to notice, observe > L cavere, be on one s guard, Gr koein, to perceive, hear] 1. to perceive or sense (sounds), esp. through… …
