Hearing

What do we mean by hearing?

The sense by which sound is perceived; the capacity to hear. noun

Range of audibility; earshot. noun

An opportunity to be heard. noun

A legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given as the basis for a decision to be issued, either on some preliminary matter or on the merits of the case. noun

A session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses. noun

Able to hear. adjective

Perception of sound; the act of perceiving sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; audition: one of the five external senses. See ear. noun

Audience; opportunity to be heard. noun

A judicial investigation of a suit at law; attention to and consideration of the testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision: especially used of trial without a jury. noun

Distance within which sound may be heard; ear-shot: as, he was not within hearing. noun

A scolding; a lecture. noun

Something heard; something to hear; report; news. noun

Attendance on preaching. noun

The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived. noun

Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience. noun

A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues. noun

Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. noun

Able to hear. adjective

The sense used to perceive sound. noun

(stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.

(stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.

To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.

To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).

To receive information about; to come to learn of.

(with from) To be contacted by.

To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.

To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

Words that are spelled similarly to hearing:
hearing, bearing, herring, healing, heading, searing, wearing, heating, rearing, heaving, tearing, earing, gearing, shearing, hearting, fearing, dearing, heaping, haring, nearing, hering, mearing.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hearing:
cochlear, deafness, deaf, impairment, impaired, auditory, ear, screening, aids, testified, smell, testimony, judiciary, loss, voices, ears, noise, disability, hear, speech, aid, judge, notice, sounds, guilty, appeals, vision, petition, lawyers, appeal, trial, nomination, sing, charges, jury, court, seeing, heard, sentence, denied, news, scheduled.

Words that rhyme with hearing:
endearing, peering, disappearing, jeering, fleering, key ring, cering, rehearing, overhearing, d-ring, tree ring, d ring, ear ring, b ring, c ring, e ring, g ring, hear ing, here hung, me ring, pony ring, she wrung, z ring.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hearing:
public, fair, first, preliminary, normal, worth, hard, full, final, formal, sympathetic, human, defective, language, congressional, second, residual, patient, oral, impaired, further, respectful, evidentiary, administrative, judicial, poor, acute, better, initial, disciplinary, open, pretrial, due, pre, speech, informal, favorable, impartial, favourable, binaural, proper, attentive, directional, subsequent, legislative, day, keen, mere, ready, joint, prior, adequate, excellent, sensitive, brief, closed, trial, useful, grand, dispositional, deaf, post, diminished, colored, selective, all, juvenile, wider, ever, prompt.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hearing:
impaired, aid, child, aids, people, brief, language, briefs, knowing, students, foundation, tests, loss, mutism, children, guardianship, procedures, persons, adults, distance, handicapped, conservation, subjects, matters, conferences, individuals, air, noises, observations, date.

Consonant match to hearing:
herring, hiring, whoring, haring, harring.

Words that sound like hearing:
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