Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

    beherzigen, beachten

    следи́ть заsledítʹ za, обраща́ть внима́ниеobraščátʹ vnimánije

  2. (obsolete)To guard, protect.

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To pay attention, care.

    внима́тьvnimátʹ

    pay close attention to; give heed to

Examples

43 sentences
  1. Tom failed to heed warning signs.

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  2. Tom didn't heed his father's advice.

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  3. Tom doesn't heed any advice from Mary.

    deTom beherzigt keinen der Ratschläge Marias.

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  4. You should've heeded my warning when you had the chance.

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  5. Tom heeded the warning.

    deTom beachtete die Warnung.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to mind:
to pay attention:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to mind:

Origin

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, g

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

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Forms

heeds, heeding, heeded, heeded
Base formheed · to heed
3rd person singularheeds
Present participleheeding
Past simpleheeded
Past participleheeded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyheed
he, she, itheeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsheeded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave heeded
he, she, ithas heeded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill heed

Synonyms

26 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

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