to overhear
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1.6
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈhɪr/
:
oír
- But have you ever overheard a good argument?
- overhear a conversation
- overhear someone talking
- overhear someone say
Jackie, be careful, the others might overhear and then find out.
- Jackie, be careful, the others might overhear and then find out.
- But have you ever overheard a good argument?
- Then Schiff followed up on the overheard phone call.
- And I think you've, you know, don't feel bad for overhearing the conversation.
- There's that great overheard LA thing on Instagram where it was like overheard in a coffee shop.
- No, Kylie overheard it and she thought, who on earth is she talking to?
- So I could see his face when he overheard us saying we are thinking of not going to see Kendrick.
- The only insight I have in my life to what a menstrual cycle is is overhearing my sister when I was younger talking about it.
- And I kind of overheard them talking while we were waiting for our food, talking about Blair being a man.
- Yeah, I don't want to throw this away over overhearing you saying one sentence.
- But often we get messages through observing and overhearing, right?
Examples
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Did I overhear you say you live on Honeysuckle Lane?
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I could not help but overhear your little joke about money being no object.
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In the particular part that we're reading, we overhear a conversation among three characters.
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As you are standing in the hall, you overhear a conversation going on around the corner.
Academic text (1991) -
Jackie, be careful, the others might overhear and then find out.
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I overheard something about South America and extradition.
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I joined the two of them in time to overhear their fateful introductions.
Fiction book (1990) -
Georgia overheard the officer say there was a stowaway aboard.
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She's about to pass through the garden undetected when she overhears the King and Queen arguing.
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I could not help but overhear your little joke about money being no object.
Synonyms
474
2.1
To notice something quickly with the senses or mind
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overhear is made of over ('above' or 'beyond') and hear, so imagine listening 'over' someone's shoulder; you hear something you were not meant to hear. That's why to overhear is to hear someone without their knowing.