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Definition: Give Ear |
Give EarVerb1. Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They paid attention to everything he said". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Give EarSynonyms: advert (v), attend (v), hang (v), pay attention (v), pay heed (v). (additional references) |
Expressions using "give ear": give ear to ♦ To give ear to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "give ear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | fi atent la (attend to, give ear to, heed, mind, note, notice), a-şi pleca urechea la (give ear to, lend an ear to). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | oboedire. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eisakousate mou semna gar erw kai anoisw apo ceilewn orqa |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Audite quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum et aperientur labia mea ut recta praedicent |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hereth, for of grete thingis I am to speke; and my lippis shul ben opened, that euene thingus thei preche. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 8, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Pamati, kay ako mamulong sa labing maayo nga mga butang; Ug ang pagbungat sa akong mga ngabil mogula ang mga matarung butang. |
| Chinese | 們 當 聽 、 我 要 說 極 美 的 話 ． 我 張 嘴 要 論 正 直 的 事 。 |
| Croatian | Slušajte, jer æu zboriti o važnim stvarima, i moje æe usne otkriti što je pravo. |
| Danish | Hør, thi jeg fører ædel Tale, åbner mine Læber med retvise Ord; |
| Dutch | Hoort, want ik zal vorstelijke dingen spreken, en de opening Mijner lippen zal enkel billijkheid zijn. |
| Finnish | Kuulkaa, sillä jalosti minä puhun, ja avaan huuleni puhumaan, mikä oikein on; |
| French | Écoutez, car j`ai de grandes choses dire, Et mes lèvres s`ouvrent pour enseigner ce qui est droit. |
| German | Höret, denn ich will reden, was fürstlich ist, und lehren, was recht ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Perhatikanlah perkataan-perkataanku, karena semuanya tepat dan bermutu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengarlah kiranya, karena indah-indahlah perkara yang kukatakan, dan pembukaan bibirku itu perkara yang amat patut. |
| Maori | Whakarongo mai, ka korerotia hoki e ahau nga mea pai rawa; ko ta oku ngutu e whakapuaki ai ko nga mea e rite ana. |
| Norwegian | Hør! Om store ting taler jeg, og jeg oplater mine leber med rettvishet; |
| Rumanian | Asculayi, cqci am lucruri mari de spus, wi buzele mi se deschid ca sq knveye pe alyii ce este drept. |
| Russian | уМХЫБКФЕ, ПФПНХ ЮФП С 'Х"Х ЗПЧПТЙФШ ЧБЦОПЕ, Й ЙЪТЕЮЕОЙЕ ХУФ НПЙИ-- ТБЧ"Б; |
| Spanish | Escuchad, porque hablaré cosas excelentes, y abriré mis labios para decir cosas rectas. |
| Swedish | Hören, ty om höga ting vill jag tala, och mina läppar skola upplåta sig till att säga vad rätt är. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-r-v" | |
-1 letter: greave, grieve, regave, regive, rivage. | |
-2 letters: aerie, agree, aiver, eager, eagre, giver, grave, ragee, reave, reive, vegie, verge, virga. | |
-3 letters: agee, ager, aver, eave, eger, ever, gave, gear, give, gree, rage, ragi, rave, rive, vagi, vair, veer, vera, vier, viga. | |
-4 letters: age, air, are, ave, ear, era, ere, erg, eve, gae, gar, gee, gie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-r-v" | |
+1 letter: aggrieve, ergative, verbiage. | |
+2 letters: aggrieved, aggrieves, beavering, bereaving, caregiver, grapevine, graveside, grievance, laveering, revealing, reweaving, variegate, verbiages, viceregal, vinegared. | |
+3 letters: aggressive, caregivers, derogative, enervating, generative, grapevines, gravesides, gravimeter, grievances, leveraging, overeating, regulative, savageries, variegated, variegates, vegetarian, venerating, vernissage. | |
+4 letters: aggregative, aggrievedly, anteverting, argumentive, chivareeing, degradative, denervating, denigrative, endeavoring, everlasting, germinative, gravimeters, integrative, lavendering, maneuvering, overbearing, overbeating, overfatigue, overfearing, overheaping, overhearing, overheating, overleaping, overwearing, preaverring, prerogative, reengraving, revealingly, segregative, shivareeing, vegetarians, vernissages, viceregally, villageries, vinaigrette. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Bible Trace 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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