hears

verb

present tense third-person singular of hear
1
as in realizes
to come to an awareness of I heard your sister is home from the hospital

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2
as in listens
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing

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Recent Examples of hears Deadline hears that organizers originally wanted CEO Neal Mohan, which would have been an exceptional booking. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 Kumi hears the downstream version of that in her applications. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Variety hears that casting is already underway with lots of interest. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 Rather than treating the producer’s off-kilter beats as something to overcome, Rhymes hears their humanity. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026 Through Hood’s conversations with Silvia in the weeks leading up to the execution, Hood learned that Silvia often hears voices and speaks to others who are not there. — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 The Board of Tax Appeals, which was established in 1969, hears hundreds of appeals each year. — Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026 One hears the in-depth individual cases of immigrants who are pursuing their claim of asylum. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 But kids often feel steadier when someone actually hears them out first. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hears
  1. realizes
  2. listens
  3. discovers
  4. sees
  5. learns
  6. finds
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  • The gap between what AI produces and what an organization actually realizes in return is bridged almost entirely by human skills.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Other than taxpayers, bodega owners stand to be some of the biggest losers if New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) realizes his dream of city-run grocery stores.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of realizes
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  • Cramer, who sometimes listens to Metallica while driving his truck, is one of the few smokejumpers on the base with a crewcut.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Whether Washington listens is exactly what Kelly and Slok are both betting against.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of listens
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  • But on an ordinary mission, Hawks discovers a bizarre magic plague, a secret plan hatched by the Separatist army, and a contract with Republic intelligence to take on jobs the army can’t do.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The most tender moments come later when Kevin discovers the reason why Coyote wanted his day in court.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of discovers
Verb
  • No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street sees new treatments as an untapped goldmine, full of consumers who are willing to pay out-of-pocket for better options, reminiscent of the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
    — Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of sees
Verb
  • From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • During training, one neural network compares the robot’s movements with the insect demonstrations, while another learns a reward structure that encourages behavior similar to the biological example.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of learns
Verb
  • His Samoyed hops up and finds a spot between the athlete’s legs and the sofa’s back pillows.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Boscagli finds Pascal Gross, who feeds the ball into the feet of Wieffer, who can then pass to Diego Gomez.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of finds

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“Hears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hears. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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