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• n  paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
  he spends without heed to the consequences
• v  pay close attention to; give heed to

• MIT was the first university to heed the edupunk call: it started posting syllabi, course notes and videotaped lectures on ocw.
• The powerful of the earth should take heed: deep inside that T shirt where we have tried to trap him, the eyes of Che Guevara are still burning with impatience.
• Manufacturers appear to pay little heed to the substance's dangers.

• attentiveness
• regard
• paying attention
• mind
• listen

• inattentiveness

News & Articles

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• Absence changes approved for middle-school handbook
  Changes are coming to Clarke’s middle-school handbook, and students might want to take heed.
  June 18, 2013 - Osceola Sentinel-Tribune
• Harry Potter meets high-tech in surveillance tracking system
  Harry Potter fans, take heed.
  June 17, 2013 - Fox News
• Editorial: Heed advice from Holland Township students to breathe easier
  We will all breathe easier if parents heed the advice of Holland Township School students promoting a “No Idling/Pool to School/Ride the Bus” initiative. It started with the realization that a lot of students don’t take the bus. Over the...
  June 13, 2013 - Hunterdon County Democrat

Quotes

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• Rick Perry in Environment News Service
  I urge Texans to heed the warnings of their local leaders, and take all possible precautions to stay out of dangerous situations as this severe weather continues,Perry said.
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Forbes
  I hope that in the wake of the midterm elections, the administration of President Bush will have heard and will heed the message of the American people,Ahmadinejad wrote.
• Jay Rockefeller in Forbes
  Sadly, the administration's refusal to heed these dire warnings - and worse, to plan for them - has led to tragic consequences for which our nation is paying a terrible price,said Senate Intelligence Chairman Jay Rockefeller, DW.Va.