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overheard

Syllables: o·ver·heard/ˌəʊ.vəˈhɜːd//ˌoʊ.vɚˈhɝd/

overheard is the simple past and past participle of overhear.

Meaning of overhear

Verb

overhear (third-person singular simple present overhears, present participle overhearing, simple past and past participle overheard)

  1. (ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
    • I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.

Words that rhyme with overheard

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Questions about overheard

What is overheard the simple past and past participle of?
Overheard is the simple past and past participle of overhear.
How do you pronounce overheard?
Overheard is pronounced /ˌəʊ.vəˈhɜːd/ (UK).

Words near overheard in the dictionary

  1. overheap
  2. overheaped
  3. overheaping
  4. overheaps
  5. overhear
  6. overheard
  7. overhearer
  8. overhearers
  9. overhearing
  10. overhearings
  11. overhears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overheard (page history and authors); overhear (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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