hear of

phrase

1

: to be aware of the existence of

I've never heard of him.

2

: to entertain the idea

—used in the negative

wouldn't hear of it

Examples of hear of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mona has gone pure method for a woman who no doubt has never heard of Lee Strasberg and thinks that Stanislavsky is a vegetable in the produce department. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Contracts and e-signatures floating in a cloud, which is to say a server farm in Virginia that has never heard of Erewhon. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

The good news for Democrats is that most people don’t actually know Piker; polling from earlier this year showed that 60 percent of likely voters have never heard of him. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026

No one from the bar has ever seen or heard of the shooter, according to Ortega. — Sarah Moon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1584, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for hear of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove