Hear Heard Sth Meaning Tells Find Information Source

Meaning: If you hear about something, someone tells you about it or you find out about it from an information source like the news media.

• hear about sth Have you heard about the terrorist attack in Los Angeles this morning? I just heard about it on the news.
  
  
• hear about sth Francine heard about the party, and she told Gerry and me.