US /hiːd/ UK /hiːd/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to pay careful attention to; careful attention

    He failed to heed the warnings about the storm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to pay careful attention... mindattendnoteregardmarknotice
Word family
Forms unheededunheeding
Derived forms heedfulheedlessheededheeding

Etymology

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan ('to take care, attend to'), from Proto-Germanic *hōdijaną ('to heed, guard').

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