English to Afrikaans Meaning of overhear - hoor

Overhear :
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hoor, afluister

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Definitions of overhear in English
Verb(1) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
Examples of overhear in English
(1) Do you really want to overhear his cooing conversations with another girl?(2) It's so telling to watch body language or eavesdrop and overhear conversations.(3) All of a sudden, she spoke clearly and he could overhear snatches of the conversation.(4) Not meaning to overhear his conversation I continued walking until I heard his words.(5) The researchers will also note every time they hear or overhear the words being used in conversation.(6) There are occasions when you overhear a bit of someone else's conversation and wish that you'd been eavesdropping properly.(7) I overhear the tail-end of a conversation my sister is having with someone or other.(8) However, children are knowledgeable and overhear a great deal.(9) Children will hear conversations and overhear information on radio, TV and from the playground network.(10) She placed the baby back in its bed and tried to overhear the conversation right outside her room door.(11) In later years, I would overhear my father listening to it in the middle of the night, crying his eyes out.(12) Then, he overhears a conversation in a cafe and is convinced he has found Lisa, the woman he loved and lost two years earlier.(13) We ended our snack (better described as lunch) with a large pot of Chinese tea, overhearing snatches of conversation from a neighbouring table.(14) Nicole Kidman stars as Silvia, an interpreter at the United Nations who overhears a conversation that might be a death threat against a visiting African head of state.(15) Father goes over to follow up potential job prospects, everything seems to be moving smoothly and then one afternoon he overhears a conversation I'm having with a good friend.(16) She had been in a convalescent home and had overheard an elderly woman talking about a Norwegian couple who had adopted a child.
Related Phrases of overhear
(1) overhear ::
hoor
(2) over ::
oor
(3) hear ::
Hoor
Synonyms
Verb
1. catch ::
vang
2. take in ::
neem in
Different Forms
overhear, overheard, overhearing, overhears
Word Example from TV Shows
overhear a few more things.

OVERHEAR a few more things.

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 2

I couldn't help overhear the conversation.

I couldn't help OVERHEAR the conversation.

Money Heist Season 1, Episode 6

They overhear things in taverns,

They OVERHEAR things in taverns,

Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 2

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