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say it: HEE-ring
hearing is a noun and adjective meaning "(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence". It carries 7 recorded senses.
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
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an opportunity to state your case and be heard
“they condemned him without a hearing”
“he saw that he had lost his audience”
the act of hearing attentively
“you can learn a lot by just listening”
“they make good music--you should give them a hearing”
a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
“the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago”
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
“his hearing was impaired”
able to perceive sound
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hearing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.