I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heed a warning (= take notice of it )
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Drivers failed to heed warnings about fog.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
advice
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But he has heeded the advice .
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A major complaint voiced by the physicians was that patients did not heed the medical advice of the staff.
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Afterwards, Coleman urged his new colleagues to reject this poisoned chalice, but only the Esseffs heeded his advice .
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For the most part, they heeded my advice .
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The cabinet's current review of the tax now looks likely to heed this advice and go for the quick chop.
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Politics and economics have heeded the advice of biologists and conservationists but little.
call
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Most shops heeded Herri Batasuna's call for a 24-hour strike.
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She would heed their call and they would immediately retreat into sudden apathy.
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It would better all round if Mr Mugabe, 75, voluntarily heeded that call .
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University students have so far heeded the call , staging peaceful protests nationwide.
warning
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The judge said the father had failed to heed warnings about the relationship.
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They acknowledge their sin in heeding the warnings and the wild stories of the majority of the spies.
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How does the child learn to heed the warning ?
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Motherwell failed to heed the warning , and paid the penalty.
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If you do not heed the spiritual warning , at least heed the physical one!
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Lachlan would heed no warning , of course.
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In this instance the gunner must have failed to heed the warning with his upper-rear turret.
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Not that I expect you to heed my warning .
word
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Newton should have heeded his own wise words .
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Neither the old man nor the boy heeded a word she said.
■ VERB
fail
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The judge said the father had failed to heed warnings about the relationship.
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Motherwell failed to heed the warning, and paid the penalty.
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In this instance the gunner must have failed to heed the warning with his upper-rear turret.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Shaikhs were representatives: bound to hear and to heed , bound to persuade rather than to command.
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The advice of Bishop Michael Murphy to his flock to stay away was heeded.
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There are other voices she can heed .
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Thereafter, the government's refusal to heed criticism in the press and in the Duma became increasingly intransigent.
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This seems to indicate that most drivers have heeded the message of drink driving campaigns.
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Unfortunately our counsel was not heeded by Comrade Winnie Mandela.
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What you say out of it they will not heed .
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When it does, the occasion is one to remember and the guidance emanating from it is something to be heeded.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
pay
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And pay no heed to Araminta's spite.
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Convincing the powers-that-be to pay political heed to the needs of poor women and women of color was another.
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She was upstairs at once to tell Mary what had happened, though I don't suppose Mary paid her much heed .
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The bold but foolish boy was too exhausted to pay heed , though, and so stayed in the hut.
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Non-performers were supposed to stay out, but as far as she could tell nobody paid the rule much heed .
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I will pay heed and eventually the veil will lift.
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I hope you pay heed , you're still my favourite tome by miles ... for now.
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It was often imitated, even to his face, but he paid no heed whatever.
take
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In formulating our recommendations we have taken heed of the point that development in the four language modes is complex and non-linear.
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Reaction to the signs varies, with some applauding the idea and others saying that few will take heed .
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But she took little heed of her surroundings; all her attention was focused on the man himself.
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Women of Hollywood: Take heed !
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Thereafter he took heed from being dropped once or twice, and soon established a permanent place in the team.
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Try to neutralise these tendencies by taking heed of your owner's complaints, or you may finish up the underdog.
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Solicitors would be well advised to take heed .
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Keiki was an able individual, an astute politician prepared to take heed of the views of both advisers and enemies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the club and school players take heed .
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And pay no heed to Araminta's spite.
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I didn't pay them no heed at the time, because in this town somebody is always looking for somebody.
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I will pay heed and eventually the veil will lift.
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Nevertheless, he had to give heed to the more practical side of transportation.
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Reaction to the signs varies, with some applauding the idea and others saying that few will take heed .
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The Macleans, confident and happy, paid little heed .
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Women of Hollywood: Take heed !