Past tense of hear
regular verb
The past tense of hear is heard. The past participle is also heard.
Forms of hear
| Base form (V1) | hear /ˈhɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | heard /ˈhɜːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | heard /ˈhɜːd/ |
| Present participle | hearing /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hears /hɪə(ɹ)z/ |
Heard in a sentence
- I haven't heard from you in a while; how have you been?
- Have you heard from any of them since they left Nineveh?2012, Art Wiederhold, Charles Sutphen, From the Depths of Evil, →ISBN, page 343
- I’ve heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.From the entry abacus
- He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. Nobody made a sound.From the entry sound
- Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.From the entry vernacular
Meaning of hear
- verb To perceive sounds through the ear.
- verb To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
- verb To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
Questions about the past tense of hear
- What is the past tense of hear?
- The past tense of hear is heard.
- What is the past participle of hear?
- The past participle of hear is heard.
- Is hear a regular or irregular verb?
- Hear is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hear (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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