What (who) is heed - definition
heed
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Heed (disambiguation)
(heeds, heeding, heeded)
1.
If you heed someone's advice or warning, you pay attention to it and do what they suggest. (FORMAL)
But few at the conference in London last week heeded his warning...
VERB: V n
2.
If you take heed of what someone says or if you pay heed to them, you pay attention to them and consider carefully what they say. (FORMAL)
But what if the government takes no heed?
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to/of n
heed
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Heed (disambiguation)
¦ verb pay attention to; take notice of.
¦ noun (usu. in phr. pay (or take) heed) careful attention.
Derivatives
heedful adjective
heedfully adverb
heedfulness noun
Origin
OE hedan, of W. Gmc origin.
heed
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Heed (disambiguation)
n. to pay heed to; to take heed of
Pronunciation examples for heed
1. Design schools take heed."
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2. I didn't heed it;
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3. Heed the feeling.
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4. Heed my warning, Agent Perez.
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5. Will you heed my warning?
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Examples of use of heed
1. "Then I noticed that Heed was not growing" said Tiffani.
2. No previous government paid heed to their hue and cry.
3. Will the military government pay heed to international pressure?
4. Very little heed is being paid to civilian protection.
5. Prosecutors said the owners failed to heed warnings to evacuate.