[ US /ˈhid/ ]
[ UK /hˈiːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
    he spends without heed to the consequences
    his attentiveness to her wishes
VERB
  1. pay close attention to; give heed to
    Heed the advice of the old men
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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
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