deaf
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1.0
- adjective
- /dɛf/
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sordo
- Lamira describes her condition as being too deaf to hear, yet not deaf enough to get the help that could make a huge difference to her life.
- a deaf child
- a deaf person
- a deaf speaker
What's even harder to believe is that he wrote it when he was completely deaf.
- What's even harder to believe is that he wrote it when he was completely deaf.
- Like Ozzy Osbourne is essentially deaf because he never wore those earplugs that would protect his hearing.
- Almost blind from the rising sun and deaf from the roar of the engines, Earhart twisted the radio dial, listening for Atasca's response.
- But so therefore now say deaf, but deaf is not something that you generally see as represented on screen by someone who's not deaf.
- He found that not only did they generally hear the pulses, much weirder, deaf people could hear them too.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I'm being told in my deaf ear that we have breaking news.
- No no, he gets put into a coma and a coma isn't deaf and a coma isn't retiring.
- And technically speaking, you could say that when he does it, he's no longer deaf.
- So when he wasn't deaf or, you know, had sound issues, he just, I guess he didn't have anything to say.
Examples
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I used to know a deaf guy.
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I am a bit deaf, but I'm not stupid.
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Individuals who are deaf may need additional visual cues to understand what they need to do.
Academic text (2015) -
He'd never want anyone to know, but he's almost totally deaf.
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I'm deaf.
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"How can I communicate with him if he's deaf?" she murmured, feeling panicky.
Fiction book (1990) -
For example, a student who is deaf may need an educational interpreter (EI) during the school day.
Academic text (2015) -
He struggled to communicate because he was deaf from birth.
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The school provides special resources for deaf students to help them learn effectively.
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After the accident, she became deaf and had to learn sign language.
Synonyms
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3.4
A person who can hear some sounds but not well
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3.4
Having little or no ability to hear
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3.9
Cannot hear at all
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8.6
Unable to hear anything at all
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6.7
Unable to hear anything at all
Not able to hear anything
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A small electronic device worn in or behind the ear that makes sounds louder for people who cannot hear well
How Deaf
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deaf comes from an old English word meaning 'not able to hear'. So to be deaf is to lack hearing, either in one ear or both.