heeded; heeding; heeds
: to pay attention
: to give consideration or attention to : mind
heed what he says
heed the call
Examples of heed in a Sentence
Verb
It may be possible to desensitize a cat to being petted for extended periods. … A safer solution is to consistently limit petting time, and to heed the cat's cues that she's had enough.
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Cat Watch, August 2008
In-line skating is not for everyone, and even those for whom it is ideally suited can skate into trouble, especially if they fail to heed safety precautions.
—Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 2 May 1991
However, he should heed an axiom from the pretelevision age: physician, heal thyself.
—George F. Will, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 1986
She failed to heed the warnings.
if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost
Noun
Neither the British ministry nor the British Parliament welcomed American voices in determining policy in 1763, or ever. The British government paid little heed to the public press on either side of the water.
—Edmund S. Morgan, New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2006
She retrained as a doctor and it was through her pioneering research with cancer patients in the early 1960s (she showed how narcotics could be used without adverse effect) that the medical profession began to take heed.
—Kate Kellaway, Prospect, January 2003
Imagine swimming along with playful seals and then diving down to see such rarities as batfish. … Fleets of hammerhead sharks pay divers no heed, nor do the penguins move out of the way.
—Town & Country, January 1983
took heed of the student's learning disability so as to arrive at reasonable expectations for him
pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking
Cat Watch, August 2008
In-line skating is not for everyone, and even those for whom it is ideally suited can skate into trouble, especially if they fail to heed safety precautions.
—Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 2 May 1991
However, he should heed an axiom from the pretelevision age: physician, heal thyself.
—George F. Will, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 1986
She failed to heed the warnings.
if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost
Noun
Neither the British ministry nor the British Parliament welcomed American voices in determining policy in 1763, or ever. The British government paid little heed to the public press on either side of the water.
—Edmund S. Morgan, New York Review of Books, 16 Nov. 2006
She retrained as a doctor and it was through her pioneering research with cancer patients in the early 1960s (she showed how narcotics could be used without adverse effect) that the medical profession began to take heed.
—Kate Kellaway, Prospect, January 2003
Imagine swimming along with playful seals and then diving down to see such rarities as batfish. … Fleets of hammerhead sharks pay divers no heed, nor do the penguins move out of the way.
—Town & Country, January 1983
took heed of the student's learning disability so as to arrive at reasonable expectations for him
pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking
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Philip Elliott, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The Center Square reached out to Orting Mayor Josh Penner, who said the city’s two police officers went door to door to make sure people were heeding the evacuation order, although no one was forced to leave their home.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
Belinda Luscombe, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The story is bullish but investors take heed: there are number of regulatory decisions on the horizon that are keeping that valuation lower than some of its competitors, and negative outcomes are possible.
—Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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Verb
All of it came together in the last few months to prove that, at least in this case, Washington will heed constituents’ demands.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
The Center Square reached out to Orting Mayor Josh Penner, who said the city’s two police officers went door to door to make sure people were heeding the evacuation order, although no one was forced to leave their home.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
Noun
Mohan even deployed his quiet charm in meetings with Emmy voters to persuade them to pay more heed to YouTube’s stars.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The story is bullish but investors take heed: there are number of regulatory decisions on the horizon that are keeping that valuation lower than some of its competitors, and negative outcomes are possible.
—Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Heed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heed. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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