Sekirov Dictionary

hearing

UK /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/US /ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/

noun7

  1. the sense that works through the ears and picks up sounds
  2. A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
  3. A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
  4. The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
  5. The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
    • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […] — 2004
  6. Something heard; a report or piece of news.
  7. (informal, old-fashioned) A scolding.

adjective1

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

hearings · more hearing · most hearing

Phrases with hearing

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