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
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Alice thought she might as well wait, as she had nothing else to do, and perhaps after all it might tell her something worth hearing.
Alice laughed so much at this, that she had to run back into the wood for fear of their hearing her; and when she next peeped out the Fish-Footman was gone, and the other was sitting on the ground near the door, staring stupidly up into the sky.
The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he _said_ was, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
But, since he persists in hearing what he already well knows, you may convey the matter.
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