Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bee held]
- /bi hɛld/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [bee held]
- /bi hɛld/
Definitions of be-held word
- verb be-held simple past tense and past participle of behold. 1
- verb with object be-held to observe; look at; see. 1
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Origin of be-held
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English beholden, Old English behaldan to keep. See be-, hold1
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Parts of speech for Be-held
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
be-held popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for be-held
verb be-held
- spy — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- consider — If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
adj be-held
- ocular — of, relating to, or for the eyes: ocular movements.
- optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- optic — of or relating to the eye or sight.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- observable — Able to be noticed or perceived; discernible.
Antonyms for be-held
verb be-held
- discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
adj be-held
- unnoticed — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- unseen — not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- unperceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
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