Synonyms of the word

hear

• v. (intransitive) To perceive sounds through the ear.
• v. (transitive) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something)…
• v. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
• v. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
• v. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
• v. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
• v. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to share the feeling or opinion of.

center

• n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
• n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
• n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
• n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
• n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
• n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
• n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
• n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
• n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
• n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
• n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
• n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
• n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
• n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
• adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
• v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
• v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
• v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
• v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

centre

• n. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…
• v. (British spelling, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) Alternative spelling of…

comprehend

• v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
• v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

concentrate

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather…
• v. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting…
• v. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
• v. (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
• n. A substance that is in a condensed form.

discover

• v. To find or learn something for the first time.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
• v. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
• v. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

examine

• v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
• v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
• v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
• v. To interrogate.

focus

• n. (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• n. (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
• n. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic…
• n. (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
• n. (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath…
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.
• n. (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
• v. (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
• v. (transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the…
• v. (transitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so…

learn

• v. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
• v. To attend a course or other educational activity.
• v. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
• v. To be studying.
• v. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
• v. (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.

listen

• v. (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
• v. (intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
• v. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

perceive

• v. To see, to be aware of, to understand.

pore

• n. A tiny opening in the skin.
• n. By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a…
• v. to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
• v. to meditate or reflect in a steady way.

probe

• n. (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
• n. (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains…
• n. An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
• n. (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
• n. (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft…
• n. (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something…
• n. (astronautics) A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about…
• n. (game of Go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy.
• n. (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question.
• v. (transitive) To insert a probe into.

receive

• v. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.
• v. To take possession of.
• v. To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence,…
• v. To incur (an injury).
• v. To allow (a custom, tradition, etc.); to give credence or acceptance to.
• v. (telecommunications) To detect a signal from a transmitter.
• v. (sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To accept into the mind; to understand.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is received.

rivet

• n. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and…
• n. (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
• n. (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).
• v. (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.
• v. (transitive) To install rivets.
• v. (transitive) To command the attention of.

see

• v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
• v. To form a mental picture of.
• v. (social) To meet, to visit.
• v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
• v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
• v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
• v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
• v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
• v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
• n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
• n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
• n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

try

• v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
• v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
• v. To test, to work out.
• v. To experiment, to strive.
• v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
• v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
• v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
• n. An attempt.
• n. An act of tasting or sampling.
• n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
• n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
• adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.