hear voices
hear voices verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, voice.
Verb
hear voices (third-person singular simple present hears voices, present participle hearing voices, simple past and past participle heard voices)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, voice.
- Have the experience of hearing voices which are not audible to others; to experience auditory hallucinations.
- They're hearing voices, they may have delusional thinking. They may have illogical thinking, so that when you talk to them they don't make very good sense. That's the disease called schizophrenia.1991 April 19, Why Are They Here? (television production), [E. Fuller?] Torrey (actor), ABC
- From this time onward, [John] Mason was a changed man: he began to hear voices and experience visions of the coming millennium.2018 June, Martin Greig, “Elijah in Dorset: William Freke and Enthusiasm in England and the Atlantic World at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century”, in Church History, →DOI, page 439
Forms of hear voices
| third-person singular present | hears voices |
|---|---|
| present participle | hearing voices |
| past participle | heard voices |
| past | heard voices |
Questions about hear voices
- What does hear voices mean?
- Hear voices means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, voice.
- What part of speech is hear voices?
- Hear voices is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hear voices?
- The past tense of hear voices is heard voices.
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