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слышать — meaning in English

slyshat

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English meaning

  • hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  • listen verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.

Senses

слышать is used for these senses in English:

  • hear (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]
  • hear (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]
  • hear of To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.
  • listen (intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

hear — full definition

  1. verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  2. verb To receive news or information about something.
  3. verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.

listen — full definition

  1. verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.
  2. verb To take someone's advice or do what they say.

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