heed

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /hiːd/

Noun

heed (uncountable)

1. Careful attention.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4

     Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

Synonyms

• (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regard; see also Thesaurus:attention

Translations

• French: attention
• Italian: considerazione, riguardo, cura, ossequio
• Russian: внима́ние

Verb

heed (heeds, present participle heeding; past and past participle heeded)

1. (obsolete) To guard, protect.
2. (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
   • 1567, John Dryden translating Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1

     With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.

   • 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison ↗," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):

     Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.

Translations

• French: observer
• German: beherzigen, beachten
• Italian: importare, avere cura, accudire
• Portuguese: importar-se
• Spanish: importar

Translations

• French: surveiller, prêter attention
• Italian: fare attenzione
• Portuguese: prestar atenção
• Russian: внима́ть
• Spanish: prestar atención, poner atención

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