hearing
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈhɪrɪŋ/
:
audición
- She lost her hearing when she was a child due to a severe illness.
- hearing loss
- hearing aid
- normal hearing
Yet it is itself seeing, hearing, and so forth.
- Yet it is itself seeing, hearing, and so forth.
- A technique of hearing to sound, to listen.
- Who putting that sound paste on your damn hearing when you're hearing brushes.
Examples
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She lost her hearing when she was seven, after her mom died.
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For most students, information about risk to hearing will be new, unusual, and challenging.
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But his hearing was never the same again.
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Her hearing is worse now.
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Lost the hearing in his right ear.
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Did you notice anything about his vision or hearing?
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Or is your hearing faculty failing, too?
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Does your bad posture affect your hearing?
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Al lost the hearing in his left ear when a shell exploded right next to him.
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Although some older volunteers failed the screening, their hearing appeared to be adequate for following verbal instructions.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.3
The skill of noticing and understanding sounds like music or speech
2
2.3
The ability to hear sounds
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6.1
The ability to hear sounds
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3.7
To hear sounds with your ears
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4.5
The ability to hear and understand sounds
The ability to hear sounds through the ears
The ability to hear and understand sounds around you
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
39
6.8
A meeting where the Senate questions a president's nominee before voting
- Formal
3
6.9
A person chosen by a government agency to listen to cases and make decisions
- Formal
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6.9
A meeting outside court where an official listens to both sides and decides a dispute with a government office
- Formal
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7.2
A government official who listens to cases and makes decisions or recommendations
- Specialized
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5.3
Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or the nerve that sends sound to the brain
- Specialized
An experience of seeing colors when you hear sounds, especially music
- Formal
A court meeting to decide if a person charged can understand the charges and help in their defense
- Specialized
Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss
A dog trained to alert a person who cannot hear to important sounds like a doorbell or alarm
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hearing comes from the old English verb hear, which means 'to listen'. So hearing today means the sense or ability to notice and understand sounds.