HEED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of heed in English

(Definition of heed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of heed from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of heed

heed
Senators came to expect that their objections to nominees recorded via the blue slip would be heeded by their chamber colleagues.
Such calls have been heeded and indeed there has been a flood of small area studies.
No one heeds the youth with the martyr's palm held aloft.
However, certain caveats must be heeded in interpreting these findings.
We cannot make sense of ourselves and the world without also heeding the command of respect.
His call for the promotion of international-civilizational morality covering human rights and democracy ought to be heeded.
Only then can a persuasive case be made for heeding their advice over that of others.
They occur very quickly, so much so that intermediate products of processing are not heeded in short-term memory and, thus, not available for self-report.
If such a distinction is considered too harsh, there is no remedy but to describe as precisely as possible the constituent parts, heeding the genealogy of the conceptual domain involved.
The team decided that we risked not being able to offer the programme at all unless we heeded the wishes of a substantial portion of the community.
The suggestion, however, was not heeded.
Is it true that in ever y legal system, ever yone's preference for heeding some set of authorities would change if it were supposed that almost ever yone acted differently?
The obvious advantage of this approach is that the information it provides is more likely to be heeded by teachers because it addresses issues they themselves have identified as important.
All government officials are constantly reminded that ptnghuà should be used for all high-profile public events, although there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that this reminder is not always heeded.
I am pleased to note that my request for greater flexibility within the second pillar was also heeded.
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Translations of heed

in Chinese (Traditional)
注意,聽從(尤指建議或警告), 注意,關注…
in Chinese (Simplified)
注意,听从(尤指建议或警告), 注意,关注…
in Spanish
prestar atención a, atención, hacer caso a alguien…
in Portuguese
prestar atenção a, atenção, dar atenção…
in more languages
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in Czech
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in Indonesian
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in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
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in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
kulak asmak, ehemmiyet vermek, dikkat etmek…
faire attention à, tenir compte de…
in acht nemen, aandacht besteden aan…
dbát, dát pozor…
lytte til, høre efter…
memperhatikan…
เอาใจใส่…
lưu ý…
posłuchać, wziąć pod rozwagę…
lyssna till, fästa avseende vid, bry sig om…
menghiraukan…
beachten…
ta hensyn til, bry seg om…
зважати, звертати увагу…
принимать во внимание…
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