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- [hahrt]
- /hɑrt/
- /hɑːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahrt]
- /hɑrt/
Definitions of hearts word
- noun hearts Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body. 1
- noun hearts Zoology. the homologous structure in other vertebrates, consisting of four chambers in mammals and birds and three chambers in reptiles and amphibians. the analogous contractile structure in invertebrate animals, as the tubular heart of the spider and earthworm. 1
- noun hearts the center of the total personality, especially with reference to intuition, feeling, or emotion: In your heart you know I'm an honest man. 1
- noun hearts the center of emotion, especially as contrasted to the head as the center of the intellect: His head told him not to fall in love, but his heart had the final say. 1
- noun hearts capacity for sympathy; feeling; affection: His heart moved him to help the needy. 1
- noun hearts spirit, courage, or enthusiasm: His heart sank when he walked into the room and saw their gloomy faces. 1
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Origin of hearts
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English herte, Old English heorte; cognate with Dutch hart, German Herz, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic hairtō; akin to Latin cor (see cordial, courage), Greek kardía (see cardio-); def 19, from the use of the stylized heart symbol to represent love
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Parts of speech for Hearts
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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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hearts popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% 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".
hearts usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hearts
noun hearts
- emotions — Plural form of emotion.
- cores — Plural form of core.
- sentiments — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
- characters — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- feelings — the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
Antonyms for hearts
noun hearts
- cruelties — Plural form of cruelty.
- animosities — Plural form of animosity.
- bodies — the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
- exteriors — Plural form of exterior.
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