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Hearing

Hearing Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hearing? [n] the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing" [n] a proceeding (usually by a court of law) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence [n] the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" [n] 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" [n] the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot" [n] an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hearing: audience \| audition \| auditory modality \| auditory sense \| earreach \| earshot \| listening \| sense of hearing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hearing: acoustic \| amassing evidence \| assize \| attention \| audible \| audience \| audile \| audio \| audition \| auditory \| auditory range \| aural \| auricular \| bench test \| blue book \| bugging \| carrying distance \| change of venue \| chromesthesia \| close inquiry \| color hearing \| conference \| court-martial \| cross-examination \| department of investigation \| detection \| detective work \| discussion \| dry run \| ear \| earreach \| earshot \| eavesdropping \| electronic surveillance \| exam \| examen \| examination \| exhaustive study \| favorable attention \| final \| final examination \| five senses \| flight test \| Gedankenexperiment \| great go \| honors \| indagation \| inquest \| inquiry \| inquisition \| interview \| investigation \| investigative bureau \| jury trial \| legislative investigation \| legwork \| listening \| listening in \| meeting \| midsemester \| midterm \| mistrial \| negotiation \| oral \| oral examination \| otic \| otological \| otopathic \| otoscopic \| parley \| perscrutation \| phonic \| phonism \| photism \| pilot plan \| practical test \| practice \| prelim \| probe \| quiz \| range \| reach \| receptor \| rehearsal \| research \| road test \| sense organ \| senses \| sensillum \| sensorium \| sensory organ \| shakedown \| shakedown cruise \| sifting \| sight \| sixth sense \| sleuthing \| smell \| sound \| synesthesia \| take-home examination \| taste \| test \| test flight \| test run \| touch \| trial \| trial by jury \| trial run \| tripos \| tryout \| viva \| wiretapping \| witch-hunt \| workout \| written \| written examination See Also \| absolute pitch \| administrative hearing \| auscultation \| chance \| competence hearing \| confirmation hearing \| ear \| exteroception \| fair hearing \| legal proceeding \| modality \| opportunity \| perception \| perfect pitch \| proceeding \| proceedings \| quo warranto \| range \| reach \| rehearing \| relistening \| sense modality \| sensing \| sensory system \| session Hearing In Webster's Dictionary \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 stim??ation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See {Ear}. 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.

Hearing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hearing?

[n] the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
[n] a proceeding (usually by a court of law) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
[n] the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
[n] 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"
[n] the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"
[n] an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

Hearing In Webster's Dictionary

\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 stim??ation
      of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound)
      acting not directly on the nerve, but through the
      medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium
      cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the
      nerve. See {Ear}.

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.

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