- hearing
- noun1 ability to hearADJECTIVE▪ acute, excellent, good, normal, sharp▪ bad (esp. AmE), impaired, poorVERB + HEARING▪ have▪
Whales have acute hearing.
▪ lose▪She lost her hearing when she was a child.
▪ get back, regain (esp. AmE)▪Is there any chance that he'll get his hearing back?
▪ affect, impairHEARING + VERB▪ deteriorate, go▪His hearing began to deteriorate.
▪Her hearing was already going.
▪ come back, improve▪Two months after the accident her hearing came back.
HEARING + NOUN▪ impairment, loss, problems▪ aid▪to have/wear a hearing aid
▪ protection (esp. AmE)▪ person▪a course in sign language for both deaf and hearing people
PHRASES▪ hard of hearing▪You'll have to speak more loudly. I'm afraid she's a little hard of hearing.
2 trial in a court, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ final, preliminary▪ fair▪ formal, full▪ open, public▪ private, secret▪ oral (BrE)▪ appeal, confirmation, custody, disciplinary, pretrial▪ committee, congressional, court, tribunal (BrE)VERB + HEARING▪ conduct, hold▪The committee has decided to hold the hearing in public.
▪ schedule▪An appeal hearing is scheduled for later this month.
▪ ask for, call for, demand, request▪Protesters are calling for a public hearing.
▪ get, have▪She said that she had had a very fair hearing from the disciplinary tribunal.
▪ open▪ adjourn (esp. BrE)▪ tell▪The hearing was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.
HEARING + VERB▪ take place▪ begin, openPREPOSITION▪ at a/the hearing▪At a preliminary hearing the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21.
▪ in a/the hearing▪She was granted a divorce in a five-minute hearing.
▪ pending a/the hearing▪Pending the hearing of the case by the court, the business will be allowed to continue operating.
▪ without a hearing▪The judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
3 chance for an opinion to be consideredADJECTIVE▪ fair, sympatheticVERB + HEARING▪ give sb/sth▪At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them.
▪ get▪You haven't much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic hearing.
▪ deserve▪Their views deserve a hearing.
PREPOSITION▪ hearing for▪All I'm asking is a fair hearing for my ideas.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.