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heart
What does heart mean?
heart (noun): the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use heart in a sentence?
- He stood still, his heart thumping wildly. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce heart?
/hɑɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does heart come from?
From Middle English harte, heorrte, hert, herte, hierte, hirte, horte, huerte, hurte, from Old English heorte (“heart”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “heart” mean?
money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction
Not quite: that's what debt means.
the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
Right! That's what “heart” means.
a particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment
Not quite: that's what privilege means.
any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent
Not quite: that's what region means.
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