take heed

1. 1.

   listen and pay attention

   “Listen to your father”

   “We must hear the expert before we make a decision”

   Synonymslistenhear

   Broaderconcentrate

   Narrowerincline

Questions about take heed

What does take heed mean?

take heed means "listen and pay attention".

What is another word for take heed?

Close synonyms include listen, hear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take heed a common word?

take heed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.