Word Definition
Hearing
- of Hear
- A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
- The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
- Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.
- Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.