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heed Definition

heed (hēd)

transitive verb

to pay close attention to; take careful notice of

Etymology: ME heden < OE hedan (< *hodjan: akin to Ger hüten) < base of hod (see hood) in the sense “care, keeping, protection”: for IE base see hat

intransitive verb

to pay attention

noun

close attention; careful notice

heed Related Forms
heed·ful adjective
heed Synonyms

heed

v.

pay attention to, notice, be aware; see regard 1, see 3.

heed Usage Examples

Object

  • warning: However, be careful to heed any warnings about outdated material or editions.
  • calling: But I was compelled to heed the calling, to make my way back to the sad place that had once been our home.
  • ye: Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory.
  • advice: I did not heed the advice I was given.
  • call: Few may heed a call to arms to defend the regime.
  • lesson: Rabbitte punched Henry McDonald: Labor's leader must heed the lessons of the SDLP demise.

Converse of object

  • pay: Only then did the Serbs start paying heed to outside attempts to make peace.
  • take: Perhaps AAT should take heed of ACCA policy with regard to their members?
  • give: Many of the poor soldiers gave diligent heed to the word.

Adjective modifier

  • scant: At this point beneficence has run riot and autonomy is paid scant heed.
  • earnest: The poor people came quickly together and gave earnest heed to what I said, despite the wind and snow.
  • little: But as the war advanced, little heed was taken of the red warning and work proceeded apace.

Modifying Another Word

  • no: Riders of these flimsy appliances pay no heed to stop signs or red lights.
  • little: To other uses, asserted by some to belong to these objects, he paid little heed.
  • not: I did not heed the advice I was given.
  • never: There is always a responsibility about drug story lines to my mind, that TA never heeds.

Used with why or when

  • what: We can heed what the Gods are saying to us or we can ignore them.

Preposition: of

  • warning: If they fail to take heed of the warnings, their bikes will be seized.
  • advice: Take heed of this advice for it may save you your dignity.

Particle object:

  • thyself: Take heed unto thyself in these things: 1. Take heed that thou be a sound and sincere believer.
heed Quotes

   Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

—Bible (NewTestament)

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