Hearing

/ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · adjective

Meaning

Able to hear, as opposed to deaf..

Definitions by Sense

1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
2. (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
3. (uncountable) The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
4. (countable) Something heard; a report or piece of news.
5. (countable) The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
6. (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
7. (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
8. (informal, dated) A scolding.

Example Sentences

Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.

When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.

More evidence followed. Evidence as to the financial difficulties in which the prisoner had found himself at the end of July. Evidence as to his intrigue with Mrs. Raikes—poor Mary, that must have been bitter hearing for a woman of her pride.

To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]

There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.

Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?

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• more hearing
• most hearing
• hearings

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