| Front | heed |
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| Back | verb, nounBrE /hiːd/NAmE /hiːd/verb ~ sb/sth (formal)to pay careful attention to sb's advice or warning＝take notice of They failed to heed the lessons of history.  If only they had heeded his warnings!  Calls for more legislation to protect tenants were not heeded. noun [uncountable]give/pay ˈheed (to sb/sth)| take ˈheed (of sb/sth) (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/sth They gave little heed to the rumours.  I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he'd said.  Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor's speech. |
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