hearing

hearing: noun

1 ability to hear

ADJECTIVE

▪ acute, excellent, good, normal, sharp

▪ bad (esp. AmE), impaired, poor

VERB + 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, impair

HEARING + 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, open

PREPOSITION

▪ 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 considered

ADJECTIVE

▪ fair, sympathetic

VERB + 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.

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Synonyms:

Sense of hearing / Audience, opportunity to be heard / Trial, judicial examination / Hearing distance

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hearing — hear·ing n 1: a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision making authority compare trial ◇ The purpose of a hearing is to provide the … Law dictionary
hearing — hear‧ing [ˈhɪərɪŋ ǁ ˈhɪr ] noun [countable] a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case: • A court hearing is unlikely before the end of next year. confirˈmation ˌhearing 1. in the US, a hearing to approve the… … Financial and business terms
Hearing — Hear ing, n. 1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. [1913 Webster] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5. [1913 Webster] Note:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hearing — hearing, audience, audition all mean a formal opportunity to be heard by persons having authority to question or the power of decision. Hearing is not only the general word applicable to such an opportunity not only to be literally heard but to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Hearing — may refer to: * Hearing (sense), the sense by which sound is perceived * Hearing (person), a person who has hearing within normal parameters * Hearing (law), a legal proceeding before a court or other decision making body or officeree also*Hear … Wikipedia
Hearing — bezeichnet eine Anhörung durch ein Gremium. Um die Anhörung in diesem Sinn von der Anhörung im rechtlichen Sinn zu trennen, wird vor allem in der Praxis von Politik, Politikberatung und Lobbyarbeit oft der englische Begriff Hearing verwendet.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hearing — Sn Anhörung per. Wortschatz fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. hearing, einem Abstraktum von ne. hear hören . Ebenso nndl. hearing, nschw. hearing, nnorw. høring. Zur deutschen Verwandtschaft s. hören. ✎ Carstensen 2 (1994), 629 631 … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
hearing — [n1] ability to perceive sound audition, auditory, auditory range, detecting, distinguishing, ear, earshot, effect, extent, faculty, hearing distance, listening, perception, range, reach, recording, sense; concept 597 hearing [n2] opportunity to… … New thesaurus
hearing — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of perceiving sounds. 2) the range within which sounds may be heard; earshot. 3) an opportunity to state one s case: a fair hearing. 4) an act of listening to evidence, especially a trial before a judge without a jury … English terms dictionary
hearing — [hir′iŋ] n. [ME heringe: see HEAR] 1. the act or process of perceiving sounds 2. the sense by which sounds are perceived 3. an opportunity to speak, sing, etc.; chance to be heard 4. a) a court appearance before a judge or court referee, other… … English World dictionary
Hearing — Hearing,das:⇨Anhörung … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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