hearing

Examples

• All

• Wait, we're gonna have like a hearing first, right?

  Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2024)

• - Well, I got another text about a review hearing.

  The Story of Mother's Day (2021)

• I'll get the hearing as soon as I can.

  Fallen (1998)

• I'm gonna miss hearing you play.

  The Music Never Stopped (2011)

• My purpose here is to give a deserved hearing to the argument that history has ended.

  Academic text (1996)

• When learning music, the skills connected with the sense of hearing are being continually developed and refined.

  Academic text (1996)

• You can make your depositions for the suspect at the hearing.

  Giant from the Unknown (1958)

• Eventually, students will use inner hearing as a preparatory step for sight reading.

  Academic text (1994)

• But it is a public hearing, and it just seems like there’s an opportunity to say something.

  The Report (2019)

• The committee held a public hearing to gather opinions on the new policy.

Synonyms

L

listening

vshearing

68 1.0

Paying close attention to sounds or speech

is about being given a chance to speak and be taken seriously

F

fair hearing

vshearing

• Formal

12 5.3

A chance to tell your side to a court or official before a decision

is the general chance to be heard or considered outside legal procedure

Antonyms

D

to disregard

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

N

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Compounds

C

confirmation hearing

• Formal

39 6.8

A meeting where the Senate questions a president's nominee before voting

H

hearing aid

39 2.3

A small device worn to make sounds louder for people who cannot hear well

H

hard of hearing

13 3.4

A person who can hear some sounds but not well

H

hearing loss

13 2.7

A condition in which you cannot hear well in one or both ears

F

fair hearing

• Formal

12 5.3

A chance to tell your side to a court or official before a decision

H

hearing-impaired

7 3.4

Having little or no ability to hear

H

hearing officer

• Formal

3 6.9

A person chosen by a government agency to listen to cases and make decisions

A

administrative hearing

• Formal

2 6.9

A meeting outside court where an official listens to both sides and decides a dispute with a government office

S

sense of hearing

2 2.3

The ability to hear sounds

H

hearing impairment

• Specialized

1 3.9

Partial or total loss of the ability to hear

H

hard-of-hearing

1 4.2

A person who cannot hear well

H

hearing disorder

• Specialized

1 3.3

A problem that makes it hard to hear sounds or understand speech

H

hearing examiner

• Formal

1 7.2

A government official who listens to cases and makes decisions or recommendations

S

sensorineural hearing loss

• Specialized

1 5.3

Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or the nerve that sends sound to the brain

C

colored hearing

• Specialized

9.9

An experience of seeing colors when you hear sounds, especially music

C

competence hearing

• Formal

8.9

A court meeting to decide if a person charged can understand the charges and help in their defense

C

conductive hearing loss

• Specialized

4.1

Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss

H

hearing dog

3.4

A dog trained to alert a person who cannot hear to important sounds like a doorbell or alarm

O

organ of hearing

4.6

The part of the ear that gets sounds and sends them to the brain

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology