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To pay careful attention to.

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Usage examples (33)
  • He spends without heed to the consequences
  • heed the advice of the old men
  • Little heed is taken of the overstocking of the markets, till at last they are flooded with commodities.
  • A tip that you may want to heed is to identify a product that buyers will need on a regular basis.
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  • "He'd" (contraction for 'he would') "heed" (to pay attention or agree) his heart and use his "head" (the part of the body containing the mind; intellect).
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