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hearing

/ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf. · Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.
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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's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 32 · B2
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.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 39 · B2
The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he _said_ was, “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 49 · B2
But, since he persists in hearing what he already well knows, you may convey the matter.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 37 · C1

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