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Verb: overhear (overheard)  `ow-vu(r)'hir [N. Amer], `ow-vu(r)'hi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
    "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
    - catch, take in

Derived forms: overheard, overhearing, overhears

Type of: hear

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