adj
Meaning 1
Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hearing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪː.ɹɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/
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Scotland: /ˈhiː.ɹɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪəɹɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The sense used to perceive sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audition
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Something heard; a report or piece of news.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.
- All I want is for my views to get a fair hearing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A scolding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
present participle and gerund of hear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the act of hearing attentively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you can learn a lot by just listening
- they make good music--you should give them a hearing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: listening
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sensing, perception
Narrower terms: auscultation, relistening, rehearing
noun
Meaning 11
(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
Narrower terms: administrative hearing, competence hearing, fair hearing, quo warranto
noun
Meaning 12
the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his hearing was impaired
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: modality, sense modality, sensory system, exteroception
Narrower terms: ear, absolute pitch, perfect pitch
noun
Meaning 13
a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: session
Narrower terms: confirmation hearing
noun
Meaning 14
the range within which a voice can be heard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the children were told to stay within earshot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earshot, earreach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: range, reach
noun
Meaning 15
an opportunity to state your case and be heard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they condemned him without a hearing
- he saw that he had lost his audience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: audience
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opportunity, chance
History
Etymology
From Middle English herynge, equivalent to hear + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
200 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سَمِيع (samīʕ) — able to hear
- Bulgarian: чу́ващ (čúvašt) — able to hear
- Central Bikol: nakakadangog — able to hear
- Chinese Mandarin: 聼 (tīng) — able to hear
- Czech: slyšící — able to hear
- Dutch: horend — able to hear
- Esperanto: aŭdkapabla — able to hear
- Esperanto: aŭdanta — able to hear
- Esperanto: malsurda — able to hear
- Finnish: kuuleva — able to hear
- German: hörend — able to hear
- Hebrew: שומע (shoméa) — able to hear
- Indonesian: mendengar — able to hear
- Irish: a bhfuil éisteacht agat — able to hear
- Italian: udente — able to hear
- Latvian: dzirdīgs — able to hear
- Portuguese: dessurdo — able to hear
- Russian: слы́шащий (slýšaščij) — able to hear
- Spanish: oyente — able to hear
- Swedish: hörande — able to hear
- Turkish: işiten — able to hear
- Afrikaans: gehoor — sense
- Albanian: dëgjim — sense
- Arabic: سَمْع (samʕ) — sense
- Aragonese: udito — sense
- Armenian: լսողություն (lsoġutʻyun) — sense
- Asturian: oyíu — sense
- Azerbaijani: eşitmə — sense
- Basque: entzumen — sense
- Belarusian: слых (slyx) — sense
- Belarusian: слух (slux) — sense
- Bengali: শ্রবণশক্তি (srobnośokti) — sense
- Bulgarian: слух (sluh) — sense
- Burmese: သဒ္ဒါရုံ (saddarum) — sense
- Catalan: oïda — sense
- Central Bikol: pandangog — sense
- Chinese Mandarin: 聽覺 /听觉 (tīngjué) — sense
- Chinese Mandarin: 聽力 /听力 (tīnglì) — sense
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳朵 (ěrduo) — sense
- Czech: sluch — sense
- Danish: hørelse — sense
- Dutch: gehoor — sense
- Esperanto: aŭdado — sense
- Estonian: kuulmine — sense
- Finnish: kuulo — sense
- Finnish: kuuloaisti — sense
- French: ouïe — sense
- Friulian: uldide — sense
- Galician: oído — sense
- Georgian: სმენა (smena) — sense
- German: Gehör — sense
- German: Hören — sense
- German: Hörvermögen — sense
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauseins) — sense
- Greek: ακοή (akoḯ) — sense
- Ancient Greek: ἀκοή (akoḗ) — sense
- Hebrew: שְׁמִיעָה (shmiá) — sense
- Hindi: श्रवण (śravaṇ) — sense
- Hindi: सुनवाई (sunvāī) — sense
- Hungarian: hallás — sense
- Icelandic: heyrn — sense
- Ilocano: panagdengngeg — sense
- Indonesian: pendengaran — sense
- Irish: éisteacht — sense
- Italian: udito — sense
- Japanese: 聴覚 (chōkaku) — sense
- Japanese: 聴力 (chōryoku) — sense
- Kazakh: есту (estu) — sense
- Khmer: ល្បឺ (lbəɨ) — sense
- Khmer: សវនៈ (saʼvaʼnaʼ) — sense
- Korean: 청각 (cheonggak) — sense
- Korean: 청력 (cheongnyeok) — sense
- Central Kurdish: بیسایی (bîsayî) — sense
- Kyrgyz: угуу (uguu) — sense
- Lao: ການໄດ້ຍິນ (kān dn) — sense
- Latgalian: dzierdeiba — sense
- Latin: audītus — sense
- Latin: audientia — sense
- Latin: auditorium — sense
- Latvian: dzirde — sense
- Lithuanian: klausa — sense
- Macedonian: слух (sluh) — sense
- Malay: pendengaran — sense
- Māori: rongonga — sense
- Eastern Mari: пылыш (pylyš) — sense
- Mongolian: сонсгол (sonsgol) — sense
- Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠨᠤᠰᠬᠠᠯ (sonusqal) — sense
- Norwegian Bokmål: hørsel — sense
- Norwegian Nynorsk: høyrsle — sense
- Norwegian Nynorsk: høyrsel — sense
- Occitan: ausida — sense
- Church Slavic: слоухъ (sluxŭ) — sense
- Old East Slavic: слухъ (sluxŭ) — sense
- Old English: hlyst — sense
- Pashto: اروېده (arwedə) — sense
- Pashto: اورېده (awredə) — sense
- Pashto: سامعه (sāme'a) — sense
- Pashto: سمع (sam') — sense
- Persian: شنوایی (šenavâyi) — sense
- Persian: سامعه (sâme'a) — sense
- Polish: słuch — sense
- Portuguese: audição — sense
- Portuguese: ouvido — sense
- Romanian: auz — sense
- Romanian: auzit — sense
- Romansh: udida — sense
- Russian: слух (slux) — sense
- Serbo-Croatian: слу̑х — sense
- Serbo-Croatian: slȗh — sense
- Sicilian: ntisa — sense
- Slovak: sluch — sense
- Slovene: sluh — sense
- Spanish: audición — sense
- Spanish: oído — sense
- Swedish: hörsel — sense
- Tagalog: pandinig — sense
- Tajik: шунавоӣ (šunavoyi) — sense
- Thai: การได้ยิน (gaan-dâi-yin) — sense
- Turkish: işitme duyusu — sense
- Turkish: işitme yetisi — sense
- Turkish: işitim — sense
- Turkish: duyma — sense
- Ottoman Turkish: قولاق (kulak) — sense
- Turkmen: eşidiş — sense
- Ukrainian: слух (slux) — sense
- Urdu: سَماعَت (samā'at) — sense
- Uyghur: ئاڭلاش سېزىمى (anglash sëzimi) — sense
- Uzbek: eshitish — sense
- Vietnamese: thính giác — sense
- Volapük: lilasien — sense
- Welsh: clyw — sense
- Yiddish: געהער (geher) — sense
- Bulgarian: слу́шане (slúšane) — act
- Catalan: oïda — act
- Czech: slyšení — act
- Finnish: kuuleminen — act
- Ancient Greek: ἀκρόασις (akróasis) — act
- Indonesian: pendengaran — act
- Afrikaans: verhoor — proceeding
- Arabic: جَلْسَة (jalsa) — proceeding
- Belarusian: слу́ханне (slúxannje) — proceeding
- Belarusian: разгля́д (razhljád) — proceeding
- Bulgarian: изслу́шване (izslúšvane) — proceeding
- Chinese Mandarin: 公聽會 /公听会 (gōngtīnghuì) — proceeding
- Chinese Mandarin: 聽證會 /听证会 (tīngzhènghuì) — proceeding
- Czech: slyšení — proceeding
- Finnish: kuuleminen — proceeding
- French: audience — proceeding
- Friulian: udience — proceeding
- Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena) — proceeding
- German: Anhörung — proceeding
- Greek: ακρόαση (akróasi) — proceeding
- Ancient Greek: ἀκρόασις (akróasis) — proceeding
- Hebrew: שִׁמּוּעַ (shimúa) — proceeding
- Hindi: सुनवाई (sunvāī) — proceeding
- Irish: éisteacht — proceeding
- Italian: udienza — proceeding
- Italian: audizione — proceeding
- Italian: ascoltazione — proceeding
- Japanese: 聴聞会 (chōmonkai) — proceeding
- Japanese: 公聴会 (kōchōkai) — proceeding
- Korean: 청문회 (cheongmunhoe) — proceeding
- Korean: 공청회 (gongcheonghoe) — proceeding
- Norwegian Bokmål: høring — proceeding
- Portuguese: audiência — proceeding
- Russian: слуша́ние (slušánije) — proceeding
- Russian: разбира́тельство (razbirátelʹstvo) — proceeding
- Spanish: audiencia — proceeding
- Spanish: mañanera — proceeding
- Ukrainian: слу́хання (slúxannja) — proceeding
- Ukrainian: ро́згляд (rózhljad) — proceeding
- Afrikaans: verhoor — legal procedure
- Arabic: جَلْسَة (jalsa) — legal procedure
- Belarusian: слу́ханне (slúxannje) — legal procedure
- Bulgarian: изслу́шване (izslúšvane) — legal procedure
- Czech: slyšení — legal procedure
- Finnish: kuuleminen — legal procedure
- Finnish: kuulustelu — legal procedure
- French: audience — legal procedure
- Galician: audiencia — legal procedure
- Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena) — legal procedure
- German: Anhörung — legal procedure
- Greek: ακρόαση (akróasi) — legal procedure
- Hebrew: שִׁמּוּעַ (shimúa) — legal procedure
- Irish: éisteacht — legal procedure
- Italian: udienza — legal procedure
- Italian: audizione — legal procedure
- Italian: ascoltazione — legal procedure
- Māori: nohoanga — legal procedure
- Marathi: सुनावणी (sunāvṇī) — legal procedure
- Polish: przesłuchanie — legal procedure
- Portuguese: audiência — legal procedure
- Russian: слу́шание (slúšanije) — legal procedure
- Russian: слу́шание де́ла (slúšanije déla) — legal procedure
- Russian: разбира́тельство (razbirátelʹstvo) — legal procedure
- Spanish: audiencia — legal procedure
- Thai: ไต่สวน (dtài-sǔuan) — legal procedure
- Turkish: duruşma — legal procedure
- Turkish: murafaa — legal procedure
- Ukrainian: слу́хання (slúxannja) — legal procedure
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