HEARING

hearing

(adjective) able to perceive sound

listening, hearing

(noun) the act of hearing attentively; “you can learn a lot by just listening”; “they make good music--you should give them a hearing”

hearing

(noun) (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

hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality

(noun) the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; “his hearing was impaired”

hearing

(noun) 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”

earshot, earreach, hearing

(noun) the range within which a voice can be heard; “the children were told to stay within earshot”

hearing, audience

(noun) an opportunity to state your case and be heard; “they condemned him without a hearing”; “he saw that he had lost his audience”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

hearing (comparative more hearing, superlative most hearing)

Able to hear.

Antonyms

• deaf

• nonhearing

Noun

hearing (countable and uncountable, plural hearings)

(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

(countable) The act by which something is heard.

(uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.

(informal, dated) A scolding.

Verb

hearing

present participle of hear

Source: Wiktionary

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Hear"ing, n.

1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5.

Note: Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimEar.

2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.

3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues. His last offenses to us Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. Another hearing before some other court. Dryden.

Note: Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law. Abbot.

4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot. "She's not within hearing." Shak. They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. Tennyson.

HEAR

Hear (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heard; p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing.] Etym: [OE. heren, AS,. hiéran, hran, hran; akin to OS. h, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]

1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.

2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.

3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.

4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge. Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3. I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak.

5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor. I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1. They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt. vi. 7. Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i.

– To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [Colloq.] Shak.

– To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.]

Hear, v. i.

1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing ear." Prov. xx. 12.

2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not. Milton.

3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.] Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland.

– To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]

Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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