MEANING
To pay attention to advice, a warning, or other information and give it appropriate consideration.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- heed a warning
- heed advice
On the page
He heeded the warning only after the first support shifted.
She heard every objection but heeded the one grounded in experience.
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Word forms
- Base
- heed
- Past tense
- heeded
- Past participle
- heeded
- Present participle
- heeding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- heed
- Present continuous
- am/is/are heeding
- Present perfect
- have/has heeded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been heeding
- Past
- heeded
- Past continuous
- was/were heeding
- Past perfect
- had heeded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been heeding
- Future
- will heed
- Future continuous
- will be heeding
- Future perfect
- will have heeded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been heeding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: heed; heeds; heeded; heeded; heeding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: heeds.
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