I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I did overhear you.
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Overhear
//oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ//
Synonyms for "overhear" (9 found)
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Translations
30 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дочувам verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Danish
1 entries- overhøre verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Dutch
1 entries- luistervinken verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Esperanto
3 entries- hazarde aŭdi verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- kaŝe aŭdi verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- subaŭskulti verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Finnish
3 entries- kuulla sattumalta verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- kuulla vahingossa verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- sattua kuulemaan verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
German
4 entries- aufschnappen verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- mitbekommen verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- mitkriegen verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- zufällig mit anhören verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Hungarian
1 entries- véletlenülhall (meg) verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Italian
1 entries- origliare verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Macedonian
2 entries- наслушнува verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- наслушува verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Norwegian
1 entries- overhøre verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Polish
2 entries- podsłuchać verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- podsłuchiwać verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Portuguese
2 entries- escutar sem querer verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- ouvir por acaso verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Russian
3 entries- подслу́шать verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- подслу́шивать verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- случа́йно услы́шать verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nasluhnuti verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- načuti verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Swedish
2 entries- råka höra verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
- överhöra verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghe lén verb (to hear something that wasn't meant for one's ears)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!
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I didn't want Tom to overhear our conversation.
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I couldn't help but overhear what you said to Tom.
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