ALL meanings of hearing
hear·ing
H h - noun hearing ability to hear 1
- noun hearing to state your side 1
- adjective hearing able to hear 1
- noun hearing earshot 1
- noun hearing government 1
- noun hearing the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived. 1
- noun hearing the act of perceiving sound. 1
- noun hearing opportunity to be heard: to grant a hearing. 1
- noun hearing an instance or a session in which testimony and arguments are presented, especially before an official, as a judge in a lawsuit. 1
- noun hearing a preliminary examination of the basic evidence and charges by a magistrate to determine whether criminal procedures, a trial, etc., are justified. 1
- noun hearing earshot: Their conversation was beyond my hearing. 1
- verb with object hearing to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell? 1
- verb with object hearing to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 1
- verb with object hearing to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument. 1
- verb with object hearing to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital. 1
- verb with object hearing to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case. 1
- verb with object hearing to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant. 1
- verb with object hearing to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance. 1
- verb with object hearing (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition. 1
- verb without object hearing to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations. 1
- verb without object hearing to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend. 1
- verb without object hearing to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of): I will not hear of your going. 1
- verb without object hearing (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition. 1
- verb without object hearing (used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech). 1
- noun hearing The faculty of perceiving sounds. 1
- uncountable noun hearing A person's or animal's hearing is the sense which makes it possible for them to be aware of sounds. 0
- countable noun hearing A hearing is an official meeting which is held in order to collect facts about an incident or problem. 0
- noun hearing the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived 0
- noun hearing an opportunity to be listened to 0
- noun hearing the range within which sound can be heard; earshot 0
- noun hearing the investigation of a matter by a court of law, esp the preliminary inquiry into an indictable crime by magistrates 0
- noun hearing a formal or official trial of an action or lawsuit 0
- noun hearing the act or process of perceiving sounds 0
- noun hearing the sense by which sounds are perceived 0
- noun hearing an opportunity to speak, sing, etc.; chance to be heard 0
- noun hearing a court appearance before a judge or court referee, other than an actual formal trial 0
- noun hearing a formal meeting, as of an investigative body or legislative committee, before which evidence is presented, testimony is given, etc. 0
- noun hearing the distance that a sound, esp. that of the unaided voice, will carry 0