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hea

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Hong Kong/hɛ˧/

hea is the alternative spelling of hea'.

Adjective

hea (not comparable)

  1. (Hong-Kong, colloquial) slack; without or with little care or effort
  2. (Hong-Kong, colloquial) undemanding; with little workload
    Antonyms:
    chur

Adverb (1)

hea (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly Hawaii or African-American Vernacular) Here.
    • Da truck is ova hea.
    • "She no stay home, I coming right back ova hea, and I goin' fuckin' kill you. So you tink about what you telling me. Cause if I come back, I no kea if you get fuckin' fifty pigs ova hea. I fuckin' kill 'um all." She smiled.2007 April 1, Chris McKinney, The Tattoo: A Novel, Soho Press, →ISBN

Noun capitalized: HEA

HEA (plural HEAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of high-entropy alloy.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of happily ever after.
    • There's much debate over what is more powerful: historical romance that finds an HEA in spite of such truths and in the context of the past, or one that chooses to gift its characters an escapist fantasy generally the domain of white protagonists.2022 August 30, Maureen Lee Lenker, “Hot Stuff: The summer's 8 best romance novels are thrilling, fun, and resonant romps”, in Entertainment Weekly
    • Romance relies on familiar narrative formulas, like the guarantee of an “H.E.A.” or “happily ever after.”2026 February 8, Alexandra Alter, “The New Fabio Is Claude”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Proper noun capitalized: HEA

HEA

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Higher Education Academy.

Adverb (2) capitalized: HEA

HEA (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of happily ever after.

Antonyms of hea

Forms of hea

Adverb
alternative formhea'
Noun
pluralHEAs

Origin of hea

Variation of here.

From Cantonese hea (he³).

Questions about hea

What does hea mean?
Hea means here.
What is hea the alternative spelling of?
Hea is the alternative spelling of hea'.
What part of speech is hea?
Hea can be an adverb, an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hea?
Hea is pronounced /hɛ˧/ (Hong Kong).

Words near hea in the dictionary

  1. he-whores
  2. he-wolf
  3. he-wolves
  4. he/him
  5. he/she
  6. hea
  7. hea'
  8. Heaberlin
  9. Heaberlins
  10. Heacham
  11. Heacock

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