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The plot was overheard by the daughter, who, looking forward to the marriage, became sad and alarmed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Are there sometimes difficulties because you overhear something?
A few hours later, security guards were overheard talking about the lack of foot traffic. From New York Daily News I was supposed to remain with the company for another year but overhearing that conversation changed everything and called for a rearrangement of my timelines.
She overheard what her boss said to his secretary. I overheard a rumor about you. They were overheard discussing the project.
[ + doing sth] I overheard him telling her he was leaving. (Definition of overhear from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of overhear
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense overhears, present participle overhearing, past tense, past participle overheard verb If you overhear someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening .
Other forms: overheard; overhearing; overhears. When you accidentally hear part of a private conversation, you overhear it. If you overhear your friends discussing the surprise party they're throwing for your birthday, you'll have to pretend to be surprised.
Typically, the brain starts with some new memory, encoded that day—maybe an important event, a discussion overheard at work, or something related to a personal concern—and searches for other, weakly associated memories.
overhear somebody/something I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus. We talked quietly so as not to be overheard. overhear somebody doing something We overheard them arguing.
to hear, especially by accident, a conversation in which you are not involved overhear somebody/something We talked quietly so as not to be overheard. I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus. overhear somebody doing something We overheard them arguing. overhear somebody do something I overheard him say he was going to France ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English overhear o‧ver‧hear / ˌəʊvəˈhɪə $ ˌoʊvərˈhɪr / verb (past tense and past participle overheard /-ˈhɜːd $ -ˈhɜːrd /) [transitive] HEAR to accidentally hear what other people are saying, when they do not know that you have heard I overheard part of their conversation. overhear ...
