[
US
/ˈhid/
]
[ UK /hˈiːd/ ]
[ UK /hˈiːd/ ]
NOUN
-
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
he spends without heed to the consequences
his attentiveness to her wishes
VERB
-
pay close attention to; give heed to
Heed the advice of the old men
How To Use heed In A Sentence
- We could have stalled the ruination of thousands of small production units if we had paid heed to the plea of a level-playing field.
- These tracts heed the critical strictures against both love and wit.
- The voice was wheedling, half chanting, with a sickish thrill in it. DOLL'S EYES
- He wheedles that he was in Japan when it happened.
- The newspapers were spread out over the big worktable under the windows, heedless of the smudging printers ' ink. DEATH IN FASHION
- We had many family quarrels about it, and they began in time to grow up to a dangerous height; for as I was quite estranged form my husband (as he was called) in affection, so I took no heed to my words, but sometimes gave him language that was provoking; and, in short, strove all I could to bring him to a parting with me, which was what above all things in the world I desired most. Moll Flanders
- To get this project moving, central government needs to heed his exhortations. Times, Sunday Times
- They moved with a heedlessness and dreamlike courage towards the doom they had so assiduously courted.
- To get this project moving, central government needs to heed his exhortations. Times, Sunday Times
- This has made it all the more difficult to accept what they claim is the refusal of staff to heed their advice. Times, Sunday Times