1 [U] the ability to hear:
Her hearing is poor. * He's hearing-impaired (= not able to hear well). * I see there's nothing wrong with your hearing! * The explosion damaged his hearing.
seealsoHARDOFHEARING
2 [C] an official meeting at which the facts about a crime, complaint, etc. are presented to the person or group of people who will have to decide what action to take:
a court / disciplinary hearing
3 [sing.] an opportunity to explain your actions, ideas or opinions:
to get / give sb a fair hearing * His views may be unfashionable but he deserves a hearing.
IDIOMS
in / within (sb's) hearing near enough to sb so that they can hear what is said:
She shouldn't have said such things in your hearing * Edging to within hearing, he called softly, 'Hello Anna'.
moreatFAIRadj.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hearing is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hearing a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hearing is tagged as noun.
Does hearing appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — hearing appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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