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Definition of Pay heed
1. Verb. Give heed (to). "They attended to everything he said"
Generic synonyms: Listen
Specialized synonyms: Fixate
Derivative terms: Advertence, Advertency, Advertent, Attender, Attention, Attention, Attention, Attentive, Attentive
Definition of Pay heed
1. Verb. To heed; to give attention. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pay Heed
Literary usage of Pay heed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... watch, (ottaa vaari) take heed of, pay heed to, notice, observe; vrt. seur.
vaarin ... Jo- takin], pay heed (1. notice) [to], heed, pay attention [to], ..."
2. Realizable Ideals: (the Earl Lectures) by Theodore Roosevelt (1912)
"You must pay heed up to the point I have indicated. But it is a realizable ideal,
after you have once reached that point, to understand that money is merely ..."
3. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1899)
"... blood and of friendship, to pay heed solely to the eminent fitness of the man
himself, and to the worth of the spirit which he has so nobly represented. ..."
4. Presidential Addresses and State Papers by Theodore Roosevelt (1910)
"I would not pay heed only to the things of the spirit; I would pay heed to the
things of the body too; but I would not pay heed to them alone. ..."
5. Immigration and Americanization: Selected Readings by Philip Davis, Bertha Schwartz (1920)
"pay heed to the three principal essentials: (1) the need of a common language,
with a minimum amount of illiteracy; (2) the need of a common civil standard, ..."
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