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hear from

hear from verb: to receive updates or opinions from (someone).

Verb

hear from (third-person singular simple present hears from, present participle hearing from, simple past and past participle heard from)

  1. To receive updates or opinions from (someone).
    • Have you heard from Kelly?
    • Up next we're going to hear from some victims of this horrendous crime.

Forms of hear from

third-person singular presenthears from
present participlehearing from
past participleheard from
pastheard from

Questions about hear from

What does hear from mean?
Hear from means to receive updates or opinions from (someone).
What part of speech is hear from?
Hear from is a verb.
What is the past tense of hear from?
The past tense of hear from is heard from.

Words near hear from in the dictionary

  1. Heapster
  2. Heapsters
  3. heapy
  4. hear
  5. hear both sides
  6. hear from
  7. hear me out
  8. hear me outs
  9. hear of
  10. hear on the grapevine
  11. hear oneself think

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