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English word

hear

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /hɪə(r)/US /hɪr/
verb

to be aware of sounds with your ears

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But it took me a long time to hear music calling my real name.

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those who showed us empathy and kindness, or told us the truth, even when it wasn't easy to hear.

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And in that same vein, you have shared this album with so many incredible artists—artists that everybody's heard of and artists that people are now going to be fans of.

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