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• Overheard (film) — Overheard Theatrical poster Traditional 竊聽風雲 Simplified …   Wikipedia

• Overhear — O ver*hear , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi[ e]ran.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To hear again …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overhear — ► VERB (past and past part. overheard) ▪ hear accidentally or secretly …   English terms dictionary

• overhear — [ō΄vər hir′] vt. overheard, overhearing to hear (something spoken or a speaker) without the speaker s knowledge or intention …   English World dictionary

• Overheard — Overhear O ver*hear , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi[ e]ran.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overheard — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈhɜː(r)d] US [ˌoʊvərˈhɜrd] the past tense and past participle of overhear Thesaurus: irregular past tenses and past participleshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• overhear — o|ver|hear [ˌəuvəˈhıə US ˌouvərˈhır] v past tense and past participle overheard [ ˈhə:d US ˈhə:rd] [T] to accidentally hear what other people are saying, when they do not know that you have heard ▪ I overheard part of their conversation. overhear …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overhear — verb past tense and past participle overheard, (T) to accidentally hear what other people are saying, when they do not know that you have heard: I overheard part of their conversation. | overhear sb saying sth: Christie overheard the men saying… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• overhear — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈhɪə(r)] / US [ˌoʊvərˈhɪr] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms overhear : present tense I/you/we/they overhear he/she/it overhears present participle overhearing past tense overheard UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈhɜː(r)d] / US [ˌoʊvərˈhɜrd] past …   English dictionary

• overhear — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)hɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] overhears, overhearing, overheard VERB If you overhear someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening. [V n] I overheard two doctors discussing my case …   English dictionary

• overhear — verb (overheard; overhearing) Date: 1549 transitive verb to hear without the speaker s knowledge or intention intransitive verb to overhear something …   New Collegiate Dictionary