hear correctly

Frequency: 6.812.0 per million words

to hear and understand something accurately.

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • ‘Sheep?’ It sounded so unlikely that Sally did not think she could have heard correctly.
  • With the new hearing aids, he can finally hear correctly.
  • Did I hear you correctly? Are you really moving to Japan?
  • Please speak clearly so that the court stenographer can hear you correctly.
  • If you don't hear the instructions correctly, you might assemble the furniture the wrong way.
  • I wasn't sure if I had heard the announcement correctly over the loud speaker.
  • The system will need to be calibrated to ensure the microphone can hear commands correctly.
  • It's hard to hear correctly on this noisy phone line.
  • I need you to listen carefully and make sure you hear this correctly: the meeting is cancelled.
  • She claimed she didn't hear the warning correctly because of the music.