English Explanatory Dictionary

hearing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
noun
  1. The sense used to perceive sound.
  2. The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
  3. Something heard; a report or piece of news.
  4. The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
  5. A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
  6. A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
  7. A scolding.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of hear

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/ /ˈhɪː.ɹɪŋ/ /ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/ en-us-hearing.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hearing.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-hearing.wav /ˈhiː.ɹɪŋ/

Word forms

hearing more hearing most hearing hearings

Etymology

From Middle English herynge, equivalent to hear + -ing.

Synonyms

audition

Antonyms

deaf nonhearing

Derived words

committal hearing counterhearing hardness of hearing hard of hearing hearing aid hearing dog hearing-ear dog hearing-impaired hearingless hearing loop hearing loss hearingly hearing range hearing room hearing test hearing trumpet in hearing Newton hearing posthearing prehearing preliminary hearing public hearing re-hearing superhearing unhearing
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