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rogate; consider, think over, judge, adjudicate, pass judgment on.
5. give an ear to, lend an ear to, bend an ear, take time to listen to, hear [s.o.] out, give [s.o.] the time of day; recognize [s.o.], acknowledge [s.o.], give [s.o.] a chance to talk or speak, give [s.o.] a turn as speaker or at the podium.
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hear of think of, let [s.t.] enter one's head or mind, entertain the idea of, consider; approve, condone, sanction, see as fit, consent or agree to, Inf. O.K.
hearing n. 1. ear, audition, sense or faculty of hearing, aural sense or faculty, ability to hear, Anat., Physiol, auditory perception; audience, listening, hearking, harkening, auscultation.
2. audience, interview, opportunity to be heard, chance to speak or talk, opportunity to see or go before [s.o.], Obs. audit; fair hearing, day in court, chance to tell one's story, inquest, inquisition, appearance before a grand jury; inquiry, investigation, probe, examination, review; interrogation, questioning, question and answer session.
3. earshot, earreach, hearing distance, carrying distance, range of one's voice, sound of one's voice.
hearsay n. 1. secondhand information, what other people say, what one hears, mere talk, only talk, word-of-mouth information, Law. hearsay evidence, Law. earwitness account.
2. rumor, grapevine, talk, word, common talk or knowledge, Inf. scuttlebutt, Fr. oui-dire, Archaic. bruit; gossip, idle talk, tittle-tattle, buzz, chatter, talk of the town, what's going around, topic of the day, SI. schmooze; an earful, big news, news, story, tale, dirt, Inf. inside info, SI. dope, SI. poop,
heart n. 1. SI. ticker, organ of circulation; bosom, breast.
2. inner feeling, feelings, soul, spirit, SI. gut; sentiment, feeling, emotion; sensibility, responsiveness, passion; nature, disposition, temperament.
3. sympathy, fellow feeling, understanding, compassion, pathos, commiseration, concern; beneficence, kindness, goodness, graciousness; humanitarianism, humaneness, humanity, love; magnanimity, good will, brotherly love.
4. courage, bravery, valor, stout-heartedness; intrepidity, fearlessness, dauntlessness, awelessness, boldness; mettle, pluck, spirit, backbone, gumption, nerve, SI. guts.
5. core, center, nucleus, germ, kernel, seed, nut; marrow, pith, gist, substance, essence, sum and substance, essential part, quintessence, heart of the matter, Inf. nub, Inf. nitty-gritty; keystone, essential, Latin, sine qua non, crux.
6. after one's own heart much to be desired, desirable, worth having; who fits the bill.
7. at heart in reality, truly, really, fundamentally, basically; intrinsically, innately.
8. break [s.o.'s] heart cause [s.o.] pain, make [s.o.'s] heart bleed; jilt, two-time, give [s.o.] the gate.
9. by heart by memory, by rote; word for word.
10. cross one's heart swear to goodness, hope to die; promise, vow, pledge.
11. do one's heart good delight, excite, gladden, cheer; please, satisfy, gratify, fulfill.
12. eat one's heart out grieve, sorrow, mourn, pine, agonize, ache.
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from the bottom of one's heart sincerely, heartily, heart and soul, with all one's heart.
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have a change of heart change one's mind, change one's song or tune; give in, relent, come round, forgive and forget.
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