DICTOMETER

HEARING

(hear, hearing, escuchar, oír, oído, få vite, høre, lytte, hørevidde, høring, hørsel, øre)

1. Synonyms:
   • Hearing
   Definitions:
   • (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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hearing
   • Audience
   Definitions:
   • an opportunity to state your case and be heard
   Examples:
   • They condemned him without a hearing
   • He saw that he had lost his audience
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Earshot
   • Earreach
   • Hearing
   Definitions:
   • the range within which a voice can be heard
   Examples:
   • The children were told to stay within earshot
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Listening
   • Hearing
   Definitions:
   • the act of hearing attentively
   Examples:
   • You can learn a lot by just listening
   • They make good music
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Hearing
   Definitions:
   • a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
   Examples:
   • The investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Hearing
   • Audition
   • Auditory sense
   • Sense of hearing
   • Auditory modality
   Definitions:
   • the ability to hear
   • the auditory faculty
   Examples:
   • His hearing was impaired
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Hear
   Definitions:
   • perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Learn
   • Hear
   • Get word
   • Get wind
   • Pick up
   • Find out
   • Get a line
   • Discover
   • See
   Definitions:
   • get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
   Examples:
   • I learned that she has two grown-up children
   • I see that you have been promoted
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hear
   • Try
   Definitions:
   • examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
   Examples:
   • The jury had heard all the evidence
   • The case will be tried in California
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hear
   Definitions:
   • receive a communication from someone
   Examples:
   • We heard nothing from our son for five years
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Listen
   • Hear
   • Take heed
   Definitions:
   • listen and pay attention
   Examples:
   • Listen to your father
   • We must hear the expert before we make a decision
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Hearing
   Definitions:
   • able to perceive sound