hearing
- adjective
- /ˈhɪrɪŋ/
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- Modern hearing aids help many impaired people become more independent and communicate clearly.
Examples
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The school has special programs for both hearing and deaf students.
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She has excellent hearing.
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Even in a noisy room, the hearing children could understand their teacher.
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Are you sure your hearing is okay?
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The hearing aid helped her regain the hearing she had lost over the years.
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Everyone in the room was impressed by his hearing ability; he could detect even the faintest sounds.
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After the accident, he underwent a series of tests to assess his hearing capabilities.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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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
2
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 Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hearing comes from the old English verb hear, which means 'to listen'. Used as an adjective, hearing describes a person who can hear sounds.