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heedance

/ˈhiːdəns/

heedance noun: heed.

Noun

heedance (uncountable)

  1. Heed.
    • […] at this moment giving respectful heedance to all the pomp and circumstance of feats of honour and knighthood […]1835 March 28, The Dublin Penny Journal, volume 3, number 143, Philip Dixon Hardy, page 308
    • This has limited physical activity on open spaces where other land use objectives operate with no real heedance to physical activity and recreation.2017 December 22, Barbara Humberstone, Heather Prince, Lois Mansfield, edited by Joe Piggin, Louise Mansfield, and Mike Weed, Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice, →ISBN

Questions about heedance

What does heedance mean?
Heedance means heed.
What part of speech is heedance?
Heedance is a noun.
How do you pronounce heedance?
Heedance is pronounced /ˈhiːdəns/.

Words near heedance in the dictionary

  1. heeby-jeebies
  2. heeby-jeebys
  3. heebygeebies
  4. heebyjeebies
  5. heed
  6. heedance
  7. heeded
  8. heeder
  9. heeders
  10. heedest
  11. heedeth

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