hearing

Adjective

• able to perceive sound

Noun

• the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
  • his hearing was impaired
    

• a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
  • the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago
    

• the act of hearing attentively
  • you can learn a lot by just listening
    
  • they make good music--you should give them a hearing
    

• the range within which a voice can be heard
  • the children were told to stay within earshot
    

• an opportunity to state your case and be heard
  • they condemned him without a hearing
    
  • he saw that he had lost his audience
    

• (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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hearing(a) , audition , auditory sense , sense of hearing , auditory modality , listening , earshot , earreach , audience