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hearing (root: hear)

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Noun
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hear=ing
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36 in 36 verses (in OT : 24 in 24 verses) (in NT : 12 in 12 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

hearingn. 
  •  The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.  [1913 Webster]
    " Hearing in a special sensation, produced by stimulation of the auditory nerve; the stimulus (waves of sound) acting not directly on the nerve, but through the medium of the endolymph on the delicate epithelium cells, constituting the peripheral terminations of the nerve. See Ear."  [1913 Webster]
    "I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.  [1913 Webster]
    " Hearing, as applied to equity cases, means the same thing that the word trial does at law."  Abbot.  [1913 Webster]
    "His last offenses to us
    Shall have judicious hearing.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Another hearing before some other court."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
    "They laid him by the pleasant shore,
    And in the hearing of the wave.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hearing, n.
1 the faculty of perceiving sounds.
2 the range within which sounds may be heard; earshot (within hearing; in my hearing).
3 an opportunity to state one's case (give them a fair hearing).
4 the listening to evidence and pleadings in a law court.

Idiom
hearing-aid a small device to amplify sound, worn by a partially deaf person.

THESAURUS

hearing

Gedankenexperiment, acoustic, amassing evidence, assize, attention, audible, audience, audile, audio, audition, auditory, auditory range, aural, auricular, bench test, blue book, bugging, carrying distance, change of venue, chromesthesia, close inquiry, color hearing, conference, court-martial, cross-examination, department of investigation, detection, detective work, discussion, dry run, ear, earreach, earshot, eavesdropping, electronic surveillance, exam, examen, examination, exhaustive study, favorable attention, final, final examination, five senses, flight test, great go, honors, indagation, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interview, investigation, investigative bureau, jury trial, legislative investigation, legwork, listening, listening in, meeting, midsemester, midterm, mistrial, negotiation, oral, oral examination, otic, otological, otopathic, otoscopic, parley, perscrutation, phonic, phonism, photism, pilot plan, practical test, practice, prelim, probe, quiz, range, reach, receptor, rehearsal, research, road test, sense organ, senses, sensillum, sensorium, sensory organ, shakedown, shakedown cruise, sifting, sight, sixth sense, sleuthing, smell, sound, synesthesia, take-home examination, taste, test, test flight, test run, touch, trial, trial by jury, trial run, tripos, tryout, viva, wiretapping, witch-hunt, workout, written, written examination

ROGET THESAURUS

hearing

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.

Hearing

N hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung, hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung, hearing, audition, auscultation, eavesdropping, audibility, acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear, ear for music, ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus, eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope, earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance, telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie, handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication, (communication), electronic devices, phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon, microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone, phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup, reading head (electronic devices), hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in, auditory, audience, otology, otorhinolaryngology, otologist, otorhinolaryngologist, hearing, auditory, auricular, acoustic, phonic, arrectis auribus, Int, hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up, listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung.


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