heed
heed
verb
/hiːd/
(formal)
​heed somebody/something to pay careful attention to somebody’s advice or warning
synonym notice
They failed to heed the lessons of history.
If only they had heeded his warnings!
Calls for more legislation to protect tenants were not heeded.
He failed to heed our warnings.
The government would do well to heed this advice.
Topics Suggestions and advice C2
Collocations
noun
advice
call
maxim
heed
noun
/hiːd/
uncountable
Idioms
give/pay heed (to somebody/something) | take heed (of somebody/something)
​(formal) to pay careful attention to somebody/something
They gave little heed to the rumours.
I paid no heed at the time but later I had cause to remember what he’d said.
Small businesses would be wise to take heed of the warnings contained in the Chancellor’s speech.
She took little heed of her surroundings.
They paid no heed to the advice.
Word Origin
Old English hēdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoeden and German hüten.
e.g.
I can count on him to take care of you. You should heed your parents' advice and marry him. アイツならまかせられる ご両親の勧めに従うべきだ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』5話)