/ˈhɜːd/, /hɔːd/, /ˈhɝd/
OriginOccupational Middle English surname for shepherds or cowherds, from herde, from Old English heord (“herd”).
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of hear
- not-comparableThat has been perceived aurally.
“[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.”
- colloquialI understand; gotcha.
Forms'eard(alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) · heerd(alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) · hoid(alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) · yeard(alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) · yerd(alternative, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling) · Heards(plural)