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to overhear
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to unintentionally hear a conversation or someone's remarks
Transitive: to overhear a conversation or remark
Ditransitive: to overhear sb doing sth
Grammatical Information
action verb
regular
present tense
overhear
3rd person singular
overhears
past simple
overheard
past participle
overheard
Examples
I often overhear interesting conversations while sitting in the coffee shop.
Lexical Tree
overhear
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