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hearn

UK/ˈhɪən/US/ˈhɪɹn/

hearn is the past participle of hear.

Meaning of hear

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
    • I was deaf, but now I can hear.
  2. (stative, transitive) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
    • I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.
    Synonyms:
    catch
  3. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
    • Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John
  4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
    • Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.
  5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
    • Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank […]1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
  6. To be contacted by.
    • I haven't heard from you in a while; how have you been?

See all 10 meanings of hear

Proper noun capitalized: Hearn

UK/hɜːn/

Hearn

  1. A surname.

Forms of hearn

alternative formHearne
alternative formHerne

Origin of hearn

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEachthighearna (literally “descendant of Eachthighearna”) from each (“horse”) + tighearna (“lord, master”). * As an Irish surname, also from Ó hUidhrín; see Herron. * As an English surname, spelling variant of Heron. * As an English surname, from Old English hyrne (“river bend, hill recess”). * As an English surname, related to the root of horn. * As an English surname, named after Herne in Bedfordshire, from Old English hær (“stone”).

Questions about hearn

What does hearn mean?
Hearn means a surname.
What is hearn the past participle of?
Hearn is the past participle of hear.
What part of speech is hearn?
Hearn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hearn?
Hearn is pronounced /ˈhɪən/ (UK).

Words near hearn in the dictionary

  1. hearkenings
  2. hearkens
  3. hearkens back
  4. hearking
  5. hearks
  6. hearn
  7. Hearnden
  8. Hearne
  9. Hearnes
  10. Hearns
  11. Hearnses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hearn (page history and authors); Hearn (page history and authors); hear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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