phrasal verb / formal collocation · academic
give heed to
/ɡɪv hiːd tuː/give·HEED·to
to pay careful attention to something (especially advice or warnings)
Examples
“Policymakers should give heed to the researchers' recommendations.”
“History teaches us that we must give heed to past mistakes.”
“It is wise for students to give heed to exam instructions.”
Band 8 sentence
“Given the environmental risks, governments ought to give heed to scientific evidence when planning infrastructure.”
Collocations
- give heed to warnings
- give heed to advice
Word family
Common mistakes
We should give attention for the warnings.→We should give heed to the warnings.
They didn't heed to the advice.→They didn't heed the advice.
Say it for a higher band
5pay attention to→6pay heed to→7+give heed to
Synonyms
pay heed to
pay attention to
Easily confused
pay attention to
“Please pay attention to the teacher.”
heed
“He failed to heed the warning.”
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