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heed

English

Etymology

From Middle English h?den, from Old English h?dan (to heed, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive), from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan? (to heed, guard), from Proto-Indo-European *kad?- (to heed, protect). Cognate with West Frisian hoedje (to heed), Dutch hoeden (to heed), German hüten (to heed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hi?d/
  • Rhymes: -i?d
  • Homophone: he'd

Noun

heed (uncountable)

  1. Careful attention.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.

Usage notes

  • Often used with give, pay or take.

Synonyms

  • (careful attention): attention, notice, observation, regard; see also Thesaurus:attention

Translations

Verb

heed (third-person singular simple present heeds, present participle heeding, simple past and past participle heeded)

  1. (obsolete) To guard, protect.
  2. (transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
    • 1567, John Dryden translating Ovid, Metamorphoses Book 1
      With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.
    • 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
      Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.

Translations

Anagrams

  • ehed, hede

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?afod, from Proto-Germanic *haubud? (head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /h??d/, /?h?v?d/, /?h??v?d/, /?h?vd/, /?h??vd/

Noun

heed (plural heedes)

  1. head (top portion of a human or animal, connected to the neck):
    1. The place where one's head rests (on a bed or when buried)
    2. That which covers the head; headwear or hair.
    3. The head as the origin of thought; intellect or one's brain.
    4. horns, antlers (of a cervid)
  2. The chief, most renowned or most prominent thing or person in a group:
    1. boss, leader, executive
    2. capital city
  3. start, origin
    1. The topmost end of a body of water or a geographical feature.
    2. One of the lengthwise ends of a geographic feature having more length than width.
    3. headwater
    4. The top end or peak of something; the uppermost point of something.
    5. The outermost extremity, point or projection of something.
  4. The functional or useful end of a tool or device.
  5. A rounded or head-shaped bump, boil, or similar protrusion.
  6. One's ability to live (presumably as decapitation kills)
  7. impetuousness, rashness, impatience; being unconsidered.
  8. (by extension) individual; someone or somebody
  9. (rare) military force or troop
Alternative forms
  • hed, hede, heede, hedde, had, hade, head, heid, hiede, hide, heyd, hyede, hyde, het, heved, haved, hefed, hewed, hafed, haphed, hived, hyved, hefd, hefde, hevd, efd, hevid, hevyd
  • heid, heifd, heyd, heyfd (Northern)
  • hevod, heveð, heaved, heaveð, eaved, heafod, heafoð, heafad, hæved, hæfed, hæfedd, hæfved, hafved, heofod, hevet, hefet, heavet, hæfet, havet, heafd, heafde, hæfd, hæfde, heifd, heyfd, hafd, hafde, hifde, hyfde (early)
Related terms
  • forheed
  • heedles
  • hoggeshed
  • spere-hed

Adjective

heed

  1. head

Descendants

  • English: head
  • Scots: heid
  • Yola: haade, heade

References

  • p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.
  • “h?d, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-12.

Etymology 2

Noun

heed (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hed (heed)

Etymology 3

Verb

heed

  1. Alternative form of hadde: simple past/past participle of haven (to have)

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providence

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman providence, Middle French providence, and their source, Latin pr?videntia (providence, foresight), from the present participle of pr?vid?re (to provide).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?p??v?d?ns/

Noun

providence (countable and uncountable, plural providences)

  1. (now rare) Preparation for the future; good governance, foresight. [from 14th c.]
  2. The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature etc.). [from 14th c.]
  3. A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention. [from 16th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 91:
      The idea was that a complete list of fully documented providences should be compiled as a cooperative venture which would cross denominational barriers.
  4. Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality. [from 17th c.]
    His providence in saving for his old age is exemplary.

Related terms

  • provident

Translations

See also

  • divine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??.vi.d??s/

Noun

providence f (plural providences)

  1. providence

Old French

Noun

providence f (nominative singular providence)

  1. providence (manifestation of divine care or direction)

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