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hear things

hear things verb: to imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
    • You didn't hear that? Am I hearing things?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, thing.

Forms of hear things

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

Questions about hear things

What does hear things mean?
Hear things means to imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
What part of speech is hear things?
Hear things is a verb.
What is the past tense of hear things?
The past tense of hear things is heard things.

Words near hear things in the dictionary

  1. hear out
  2. hear tell
  3. hear the end of it
  4. hear the grass grow
  5. hear the last of
  6. hear things
  7. hear through the grapevine
  8. hear voices
  9. hear what I'm saying
  10. hear ye
  11. hear'st

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