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to overhear
01
to unintentionally hear a conversation or someone's remarks
Transitive: to overhear a conversation or remark
Ditransitive: to overhear sb doing sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
overhear
3rd person singular
overhears
Present participle
overhearing
Past simple
overheard
Past participle
overheard
Examples
I often overhear interesting conversations while sitting in the coffee shop.
Lexical Tree
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