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rehear

rehear verb: to hear again.

Verb

rehear (third-person singular simple present rehears, present participle rehearing, simple past and past participle reheard)

  1. (transitive) To hear again.
  2. (transitive) To try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially.
    • The court will rehear the case on Monday.

Forms of rehear

third-person singular presentrehears
present participlerehearing
past participlereheard
pastreheard

Origin of rehear

From re- + hear.

Questions about rehear

What does rehear mean?
Rehear means to hear again.
What part of speech is rehear?
Rehear is a verb.
What is the past tense of rehear?
The past tense of rehear is reheard.

Words near rehear in the dictionary

  1. reheals
  2. reheap
  3. reheaped
  4. reheaping
  5. reheaps
  6. rehear
  7. reheard
  8. rehearing
  9. rehearings
  10. rehears
  11. rehearsability

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