Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"

v. perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

v. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

see, pick up, learn, hear, discover, find out, hear of, get a line on, get wind of, get word, become aware of, get to know

v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"

about

adv. in rotation or succession: "watch and watch about"

about, in the opposite direction, to the opposite direction

adv. "about face"

near, about, around, nearby, in the vicinity

adv. "She is always about"

about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

astir, about, around

adj. on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"

locate, turn up, unearth

v. discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

find, discover

v. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

find, notice, discover, detect, observe

v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"

check, see, learn, find out, ascertain, determine

v. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

find, find out, ascertain, determine

v. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

about, around, some, approximately, roughly, more or less, or so

adv. "I have roughly $3,000"

nigh, nearly, virtually, almost, well-nigh, just about

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

nigh, nearly, virtually, almost, well-nigh, just about

adv. "He nearly fainted"; "the already nigh obliterated records"; "Virtually all the parties signed the contract"

in essence, basically, fundamentally, essentially, au fond

adv. at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

practically

adv. "He was practically the only guest at the party"

near, about, around, nearby, in the vicinity

adv. "She is always about"

pluck, pick, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

find, discover

v. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

at work

adj. on the job; "had been at work for over an hour before her boss arrived"

engaged, employed, occupied

adj. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"