hear (v)
listen (v)
take heed (v)

Definition: listen and pay attention
Example: Listen to your father. We must hear the expert before we make a decision.

hear (v)

Definition: receive a communication from someone
Example: We heard nothing from our son for five years.

hear (v)
try (v)

Definition: examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
Example: The jury had heard all the evidence. The case will be tried in California.

hear (v)

Definition: perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

discover (v)
find out (v)
get a line (v)
get wind (v)
get word (v)
hear (v)
learn (v)
pick up (v)
see (v)

Definition: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Example: I learned that she has two grown-up children. I see that you have been promoted.