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hearts

UK/hɑːts//hɑɹts/

hearts is the plural of heart.

hearts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heart.

Noun

hearts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) One of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
  2. (plural, plural-only) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.

Meaning of heart

Noun

heart (countable and uncountable, plural hearts)

  1. A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
    • […] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]1653, William Harvey, “The Causes which Mov’d the Author to Write”, in [anonymous], transl., The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey […] Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood. […]...
  2. (uncountable) One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character.
    • She has a cold heart.
  3. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.
    • a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart
  4. Compassion.
    • If she had any heart she'd forgive me.
  5. Affection
    • The chorus's singing won the hearts of the audience.
  6. Disposition
    • They didn't take the remarks in good heart.

See all 22 meanings of heart

Proper noun capitalized: Hearts

Hearts

  1. (plural) plural of Heart
  2. Heart of Midlothian F.C., a football club from Edinburgh.

Words formed from hearts

Phrases with hearts

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Words that rhyme with hearts

Questions about hearts

What does hearts mean?
Hearts means one of the four suits of playing cards, in red, marked with the symbol ♥.
What is hearts the plural of?
Hearts is the plural of heart.
What part of speech is hearts?
Hearts can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hearts?
Hearts is pronounced /hɑːts/ (UK).

Words near hearts in the dictionary

  1. heartrate
  2. heartrates
  3. heartrending
  4. heartrendingly
  5. heartrot
  6. hearts
  7. hearts and flowers
  8. hearts and minds
  9. hearts and rounds
  10. hearts of glass
  11. hearts of gold

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hearts (page history and authors); Hearts (page history and authors); heart (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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