hearing

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
• IPA: /ˈhiɹ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪərɪŋ

Adjective

hearing

1. Able to hear.

   Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

Antonyms

• deaf
• unhearing

Noun

hearing (countable and uncountable; plural hearings)

1. (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

   My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.

2. (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

   There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.

3. (uncountable) (law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.

Derived terms

• hearing aid
• in hearing
• preliminary hearing

Translations

sense used to perceive sound

Basque: entzumen (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 聽力 (cmn) n., 听力 (cmn) (tīnglì), 耳朵 (cmn) (ěrduo), 聽覺 (cmn), 听觉 (cmn) (tīngjué) Czech: sluch (cs) m. French: ouïe (fr) f. German: Hören n. (sense), Hörvermögen n. (degree of functioning of this sense) Greek: ακοή (el) f. Italian: udito (it) m.

Japanese: 聴覚 (ja) (ちょうかく, chōkaku) Latgalian: dzierdeiba f. Latin: audientia (la) f. Latvian: dzirde (lv) f. Lithuanian: klausa (lt) f. Norwegian: hørsel (no) m. and f. Polish: słuch (pl) m. Portuguese: audição (pt) f. Romansch: udida (rm) f. Russian: слух (ru) (slux) m. Spanish: audición (es) f. Volapük: lilasien (vo)

proceeding at which discussions are heard

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: slyšení (cs) n. German: Anhörung (de) f. Greek: ακρόαση (el) f.

Italian: udienza (it) f. Japanese: 聴聞会 (ja) (ちょうもんかい, chōmonkai) Norwegian: høring (no) m. and f. Portuguese: audiência (pt) f., ouvinte (pt) Russian: слушание (ru) (slúšanije) n., разбирательство (ru) (razbirátel'stvo) n.

legal procedure done before a judge

Georgian: მოსმენა (ka) Greek: ακρόαση (el) f. Italian: udienza (it) f. Portuguese: audiência (pt) f.

Russian: слушание (ru) (slúšanije) n., слушание дела (ru) (slúšanije déla) n., разбирательство (ru) (razbirátel'stvo) n.

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Hebrew: קשב (he) (keshev) m.

Japanese: 聴力 (ちょうりょく, chōryoku) (1), 公聴会 (こうちょうかい, kōchōkai) (2)