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{
"term": "heed",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "heed",
"heSheIt": "heeds"
},
"pastSimple": "heeded",
"pastParticiple": "heeded",
"ingForm": "heeding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to pay careful attention to somebody’s advice or warning",
"sensetop": "heed somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They failed to heed the lessons of history."
},
{
"text": "If only they had heeded his warnings!"
},
{
"text": "Calls for more legislation to protect tenants were not heeded."
},
{
"text": "He failed to heed our warnings."
},
{
"text": "The government would do well to heed this advice."
}
],
"synonyms": "notice",
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hiːd/",
"audio": "he/heed/heed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hiːdz/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪd/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/hiːd/",
"audio": "he/heed/heed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/hiːdz/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪd/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪŋ/",
"audio": "he/heed/heeding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hēdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoeden and German hüten."
}