(v. t.) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
(v. i.) To mind; to consider.
(n.) Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
(n.) Careful consideration; obedient regard.
(n.) A look or expression of heading.
Example Sentences:
(1) RBS had received complaints from two clients, in October 2010 and January 2012, about the activities of forex traders and in November 2011 one of its own traders raised concerns, which were not heeded.
(2) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(3) If we were to have a plebiscite before the end of the year, and you were to reverse-engineer that, it would make interesting speculation about the timing of an election.” Abetz said in January he would need to see whether a plebiscite was “above board or whether the question is stacked” before deciding to heed any result in favour of marriage equality.
(4) the question of how the patients' subjective considerations and medical cost-benefit calculations could be heeded in as open and trustful an exchange between doctor and patient as possible.
(5) The Irish people, once so willing to heed to the clergy, decisively determined that Catholic bishops possess little credibility these days when it comes to knowing what’s in the best interests of children.
(6) "The government must heed the economic warning signs and change course," he said.
(7) "We sincerely hope that the government heeds these calls when introducing its draft bill," she said.
(8) The prime minister listened carefully to the cautious Foreign Office voices but will heed Osborne's advice when he declines to raise the issue of the Dalai Lama and Tibet in Beijing.
(9) More here: European Central Bank must heed eurozone warning signs And I'm handing over to my colleague Nick Fletcher .... thanks all GW 1.59pm BST Photos: Italian vote of confidence debate A couple of photos from today's confidence debate in the Italian senate, which the new government won confortably ( see 1.26pm ) Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi shakes hands with an unidentified lawmaker as he attends a session for a second vote of confidence to confirm the new government, in the Italian Senate in Rome, Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
(10) We have long been campaigning on the issue of income drawdown restrictions and so are pleased to see the government taking heed of the plight of these savers.
(11) The greater the distance I’ve travelled from government, the more sceptical I’ve become about how it operates.” Sadly, politicians show no sign of heeding that message and, as Hyman says, it’s difficult to imagine them ever doing so.
(12) The archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, said he felt the wishes of the Church in Wales had not been heeded by the government.
(13) Dean, a consignment store worker from Sebastopol in northern California , said she hopes progressive voters in the state heed the Warriors’ catchphrase and not only cast their ballots for Sanders on Tuesday’s primary, but mobilize others to do the same.
(14) She is perhaps more aggressive politically than Bernie and she is perhaps, some would say, less afraid, or less intimidated – or whatever it is, she has what Bernie has and perhaps more.” Stein is set to be confirmed as the Green party’s nominee on Saturday and is openly courting the seemingly large number of Sanders supporters who are reluctant or refusing to heed his call to support Clinton.
(15) The Liberal Democrats were cheered by the heavily trailed £500 increase to £10,500 in the tax-free personal allowance from next spring, but Osborne failed to heed calls from the Conservative right for increases in the threshold at which people start paying income tax at 40%.
(16) But he also made clear he had heeded the industry's warnings that banks could move overseas if tax changes were too draconian.
(17) The Mackay Conservation Group said the government was not heeding the court’s decision nor respecting the independence of the judiciary.
(18) If we heed it we can repair our Temple and avoid the fate of Babylon.
(19) The Dutch foreign minister refused to heed Dutch MPs when they asked for similar action.
(20) Sewel, who had declined to apologise on Monday night when he announced he would take a leave of absence from the House of Lords, heeded growing calls for him to resign altogether in letter on Tuesday morning to the clerk of the parliaments, David Beamish.
Meed
Definition:
(n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.
(n.) Merit or desert; worth.
(n.) A gift; also, a bride.
(v. t.) To reward; to repay.
(v. t.) To deserve; to merit.
Example Sentences:
(1) The postflight phase of the Apollo MEED mycology attempts to identify survival according to exposure to specific quantitative space flight factors, while the second phase of studies identifies qualitative change other than cell survival [57].
(2) The mean modified Harris-Benedict equation overestimated the mean MEEA by 32% (P less than 0.0005) and the mean MEED by 39% (P less than 0.0005).
(3) Women under 18 meed the permission of their parents or legal guardians; a court may also grant permission.
(4) Hip abduction, knee extension, hip flexion, and grip force were assessed using the Spark Muscle Examination and Exercise Dosimeter (MEED) 3000 system.
(5) The masseter fibres of the ruminant differed from those of the other species in histochemical properties, and appeared to have the histochemical characteristics that meed functional demands for slow, long-term exercise.
(6) The total lipid extracted from the phenotype T. terrestre 7048-1 isolated from the Apollo 16 Microbial Ecology Evaluation Device (MEED) was found to vary according to the time at which the phospholipids were extracted.
(7) The Trichophyton phenotype was selected from a cuvette housed in the MEED exposed to specific space parameters including ultraviolet light of known wavelengths and energy levels in deep space.
(8) The mean energy expenditure calculated from the Curreri equation on admission (CEEA) overestimated the mean MEE on admission (MEEA) by 25% (P less than 0.001) and on discharge (MEED) by 36% (P less than 0.0005).