{
    "term": "heed",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "heed",
            "heSheIt": "heeds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "heeded",
        "pastParticiple": "heeded",
        "ingForm": "heeding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to pay careful attention to somebody’s advice or warning",
            "sensetop": "heed somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They failed to heed the lessons of history."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If only they had heeded his warnings!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Calls for more legislation to protect tenants were not heeded."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He failed to heed our warnings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government would do well to heed this advice."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "notice",
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːd/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːdz/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːd/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/hiːdz/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪd/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhiːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "he/heed/heeding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hēdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoeden and German hüten."
}