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outhear

outhear verb: to hear more acutely than.

Verb

outhear (third-person singular simple present outhears, present participle outhearing, simple past and past participle outheard)

  1. (transitive) To hear more acutely than.
    • Dogs can outhear human beings.

Forms of outhear

third-person singular presentouthears
present participleouthearing
past participleoutheard
pastoutheard

Origin of outhear

From out- + hear.

Questions about outhear

What does outhear mean?
Outhear means to hear more acutely than.
What part of speech is outhear?
Outhear is a verb.
What is the past tense of outhear?
The past tense of outhear is outheard.

Words near outhear in the dictionary

  1. outhauler
  2. outhaulers
  3. outhauling
  4. outhauls
  5. outheal
  6. outhear
  7. outheard
  8. outhearing
  9. outhears
  10. outheel
  11. outheld

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