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Added 8 October 2026

heed

/ˈhiːd/ noun

In Latin: audientia Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about heed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Careful attention.

verb

To guard, protect.
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
To pay attention, care.

Origin

From Middle English heden, from Old English hēdan (“to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōdijan (“to heed, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to heed, protect”). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (“to heed”), Dutch hoeden (“to heed”), German hüten (“to heed”).

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