hearing

About 32.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

   Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

2. noun The sense used to perceive sound.

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

3. noun The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.

   She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.

4. noun Something heard; a report or piece of news.
5. noun The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
6. noun A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

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

7. noun A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
8. noun A scolding.

Similar words

listening audition audience earshot earreach auditory modality auditory sense quick-eared sense of hearing sharp-eared

Often followed by

the of loss and that on a this in

Word family

hearings