verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

give ear

give ear · gives ear · gave ear · given ear · giving ear

повісити, вішати, висіти

повесить, вешать, висеть

hängen, aufhängen, hängte

To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory eventTo listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

» We are come to give ear to truth.

Wir sind gekommen, der Wahrheit Gehör zu schenken.

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, idiomatic)To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

More definitions

give heed (to)

Examples

1 sentences

We are come to give ear to truth.
deWir sind gekommen, der Wahrheit Gehör zu schenken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Forms

gives ear, giving ear, gave ear, given ear

Base form	give ear · to give ear
3rd person singular	gives ear
Present participle	giving ear
Past simple	gave ear
Past participle	given ear

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	give ear
he, she, it	gives ear

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gave ear

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have given ear
he, she, it	has given ear

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will give ear

Synonyms

5 synonyms

lend an ear

Close in meaning

give heed (to):attend hang advert pay heed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle