name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
harken
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːk(ə)n/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈhɑɹkən/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kən
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of hearken: to hear, to listen, to have regard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject, etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, figuratively, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
listen; used mostly in the imperative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hark, hearken
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: listen
History
Etymology
Borrowed from North German Harken.
See hearken