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TAKE HEED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Listen and pay attention

Example:

We must hear the expert before we make a decision

Synonyms:

hear; listen; take heed

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "take heed" is one way to...):

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take heed"):

incline (bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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