heeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of heed
1
as in follows
to take notice of and be guided by if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost

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2
as in listens
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied

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Recent Examples of heeds McCollough’s sister and friends hope that her story can prevent another woman or fan who heeds Watts’ blanket endorsement of ketamine and other substances from falling into addiction. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 The salad, in McKinnon’s kitchen, wonders and wanders, and the author heeds its inquisitiveness. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026 Their midnight rendezvous seems doomed to end in a quarrel until Mysaria heeds Sylvi’s advice. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Clients of increasingly popular boutique fitness classes such as Solidcore are expressing frustration about cleaning practices, saying they are expected to clean their own machine after each class, but not everyone heeds the guidance. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 July 2026 And whether Bianco actually heeds Hilton’s call to drop out of the race, well, that’s a bit of a long shot, election observers said. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026 Meltzer heeds the playwright’s direction, and the cast sustains that energy, keeping scenes moving seamlessly from intimate exchanges to larger ensemble moments. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025 The child—who has never been photographed before—heeds the photographer’s injunction to look straight ahead. — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heeds
  1. follows
  2. listens
  3. notes
  4. hears
Verb
  • October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.
    — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • The body performs them automatically while the driver listens to music, talks with a passenger or eats a sandwich.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The first phase is the music one listens to while thinking about writing, and the second is the music one listens to while actually writing.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of listens
Verb
  • Today, his hair cropped shorter and greying, Ingalbee notes that many of those towering, old growth trees, their bark cloaked in moss, have burned in recent wildfires.
    — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Exit Planning Institute notes a typical owner has around 80% of their net worth tied up in the business.
    — Ron Smith, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of notes
Verb
  • Deadline hears that the BBC has held tentative discussions about whether Sounds could be folded in with iPlayer to create a single streaming service for video and audio, not unlike Netflix and YouTube.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Her 7-year-old hears the conversations around her, sees the protests in her community and notices the visiting canal personnel.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of hears

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“Heeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heeds. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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