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heard things

heard things is the simple past and past participle of hear things.

Meaning of hear things

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.

Questions about heard things

What is heard things the simple past and past participle of?
Heard things is the simple past and past participle of hear things.

Words near heard things in the dictionary

  1. heard oneself think
  2. heard out
  3. heard the end of it
  4. heard the grass grow
  5. heard the last of
  6. heard things
  7. heard voices
  8. heardest
  9. heards
  10. heardst
  11. heare

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