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HEARING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of hearing attentively
Example:
they make good music--you should give them a hearing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
perception; sensing (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing"):
auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))
rehearing; relistening (the act of hearing again)
Derivation:
hear (listen and pay attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
legal proceeding; proceeding; proceedings ((law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing"):
administrative hearing (a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically for the purpose of conducting such hearings)
competence hearing (a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense))
fair hearing (a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits))
quo warranto (a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The ability to hear; the auditory faculty
Example:
his hearing was impaired
Synonyms:
audition; auditory modality; auditory sense; hearing; sense of hearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
Domain member category:
auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing"):
ear (good hearing)
absolute pitch; perfect pitch (the ability to identify the pitch of a tone)
Derivation:
hear (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
Example:
the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
session (a meeting for execution of a group's functions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hearing"):
confirmation hearing (a hearing held by the US Senate to gather information on whether to approve or reject candidates for high federal office who are nominated by the president)
Derivation:
hear (examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The range within which a voice can be heard
Example:
the children were told to stay within earshot
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
range; reach (the limits within which something can be effective)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An opportunity to state your case and be heard
Example:
he saw that he had lost his audience
Synonyms:
audience; hearing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hearing" is a kind of...):
chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to perceive sound
Classified under:
Similar:
quick-eared; sharp-eared (having keen hearing)
Antonym:
deaf (lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb hear
Context examples:
Her heart beat quick on hearing Harriet's footstep and voice; so, she supposed, had poor Mrs. Weston felt when she was approaching Randalls.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
A hearing test can check to see how it has affected your hearing.
(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
Before she could make up her mind, she was taken possession of by Mr. Brooke, who said all in one breath, I couldn't help hearing, Meg.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Signs and symptoms include organomegaly, mental retardation, abnormal skeletal development, heart disorders, hearing loss, and central nervous system deficiencies.
(Mucopolysaccharidosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Woke up from few minutes' sleep by hearing a cry, seemingly outside my port. Could see nothing in fog. Rushed on deck, and ran against mate.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The shepherd hearing that, came up to him, and asked: “What are you about? What is it that you will not do?”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
This noise-induced hearing loss can be permanent.
(Protein involved in hearing loss recovery, NIH)
The study of hearing and hearing impairment.
(Audiology, NCI Thesaurus)
A test used to detect some types of hearing loss, such as hearing loss caused by injury or tumors that affect nerves involved in hearing.
(ABR test, NCI Dictionary)
She paused a moment to recover from the emotion of hearing herself so spoken of.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
