Hear and Take

Hear

Hear verb - To come to an awareness of.

Take and hear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Hear".

Nearby Words: heart, hearing, heard, hearer

Take

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

Hear and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hear" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Common collocations

people hear people take people
part hear part take part
word hear word take word
name hear name take name
Other words: effect, time, way, shot, side, names, seconds.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / X-Men: Destiny Compelling Voice: This is how the Mind Control power used by Reyes works, since victims apparently have to hear his voice for it to take effect.
  • Curse Cut Short Chosen One: Well, I'm gonna count to three, and if I hear one more friggin' squeak, I'm gonna take his shoes, and shove em' up his... Chosen One's Friend: Chosen One, Master Pain's in town!
  • Series / Shake It Up In "Age It Up", both CeCe and Rocky hear something outrageous, pause for a second, take a swig of water, and do a spit take.
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