hearing
/ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/ noun B1- The sense used to perceive sound. · My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.
- 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.
- Something heard; a report or piece of news.
- The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
- A proceeding at which discussions are heard. · There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.· All I want is for my views to get a fair hearing.
- A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
- A scolding.
Plural hearings
From the library
Phillips was in the back of the room hearing Prissy Andrews’s Latin, Diana whispered to Anne, “That’s Gilbert Blythe sitting right across the aisle from you, Anne.
A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, “Oh!
The servants, hearing the strange hubbub and perceiving the danger of their master, quickly relieved him, and drove out the Ass to his stable with kicks and clubs and cuffs.
A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them.
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