hearing

Definitions

1. The sense used to perceive sound.
   uncountable
2. The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
   uncountable
3. listener
4. Something heard; a report or piece of news.
   countable
5. hearer, hearing person
6. The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
   countable
7. auditor, unregistered student, student who sits in lectures despite not being an official student
8. A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
   uncountable
9. A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
   countable
10. A scolding.
    countable, dated, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

52 more languages

Afrikaansgehoor

العربيةالجلسةجلسةسمعسميع+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilieşitmə

Беларускаяслых

Българскиизслушванеслухслушанечуващ+ 1 more

Bosanskisluhterminслух

Catalàoïda

Češtinaslechsluchslyšeníslyšící+ 1 more

Cymraegclyw

Danskhørelse

Ελληνικάακοήάκουσμαακρόαμαακρόαση+ 1 more

Esperantoaŭdanta

فارسیسامعهشنوایی

Suomikäsitteleminenkäsittelykorvakuulokuuleminenkuulemistilaisuuskuulevakuulokuuloaistikuulokykykuulustelupuheillepääsytutkinta+ 9 more

Gaeilgeéisteacht

Galegoaudiênciaoído

עבריתשמיעה

हिन्दीपेशीश्रवणश्रुतिसुनवाईसुनाई+ 2 more

Hrvatskisluhterminслух

Հայերենլսողություն

Bahasa Indonesiamendengarpendengaranrungu

Íslenskaheyrn

Italianoascoltazioneaudizioneudenteudienzaudito+ 2 more

日本語ヒアリング公聴会審問聴力聴取聴聞会聴覚+ 4 more

ქართულისმენა

Қазақ тіліесту

ភាសាខ្មែរល្បឺសវនៈ

한국어공청회심리청각청력청문회+ 2 more

Kurdîkulakmuhakeme

Кыргызчаугуу

Latinaaudientiaauditoriumauditus

Latviešudzirdedzirdēšanadzirdīgidzirdīgs+ 1 more

Te Reo Māorirongorongonga

Македонскислух

मराठीसुनावणी

Bahasa Melayupendengaran

မြန်မာသဒ္ဒါရုံ

Nederlandsgehoorhorend

Polskiadmisjaprzesłuchanierozprawasłuch+ 1 more

Portuguêsaudiçãoaudiênciadessurdoouvido+ 1 more

Românăauzauzit

Русскийразбирательствослухслушаниеслу́шание де́ласлышащий+ 2 more

Slovenčinasluch

Shqipdëgjim

Српскиsluhterminслух

Svenskahörandehörselhörselsinne

ไทยการได้ยินไต่สวน

Tagalogpandinig

Türkçecelseduruşmaduymaişitimişitme duyusukulakmuhakememurafaa+ 5 more

Українськарозглядслухслухання

اردوسماعت

Tiếng Việtthính giácthính lực

Examples

“My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.”

“When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question⟳, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have⟳ been a country storekeeper.”

“More evidence followed. Evidence as to the financial difficulties in which the prisoner had found himself at the end⟳ of July. Evidence as to his intrigue with Mrs. Raikes—poor Mary, that must have⟳ been bitter hearing for a woman of her pride.”

“To such perceivings we give⟳ names like⟳ these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]”

“There will be a public hearing to discuss⟳ the new traffic light⟳.”

“Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review⟳ the case one last⟳ time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue⟳: should Reggie Clemons live⟳ or die⟳?”

CEFR level