hear of
phrasal verb
heard of; hearing of; hears of
: to be aware of the existence of (someone or something) : to know about (someone or something)
He's supposed to be a famous actor, but this is the first time I've ever (even) heard of him.
I've never heard of such a thing!
If I hear of a job opening, I'll let you know.
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Even those who don't follow horse racing have heard of Secretariat, who won racing's Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes – in 1973.
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Javier Zarracina, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Photo: Universal/Everett Collection In a world where no one has heard of community college, what if Ferris Bueller meant to do an Old School but ended up making a Camp Nowhere?
—Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Even though a vast majority of survey respondents (81%) had heard of MFA, nearly a quarter (24%) either don’t use it or have stopped using it to secure their accounts.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
The mass appeal from those cost savings helped catapult them from companies no one had heard of to being wildly popular and among the fastest growing online retailers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
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Javier Zarracina, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Photo: Universal/Everett Collection In a world where no one has heard of community college, what if Ferris Bueller meant to do an Old School but ended up making a Camp Nowhere?
—Lizzie Logan, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Even though a vast majority of survey respondents (81%) had heard of MFA, nearly a quarter (24%) either don’t use it or have stopped using it to secure their accounts.
—Kim Key, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025
The mass appeal from those cost savings helped catapult them from companies no one had heard of to being wildly popular and among the fastest growing online retailers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
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“Hear of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hear%20of. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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