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hearing verb

hear·ing

The verb form of hearing is hear

H h

Definitions

  • verb with object hearing to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell? 1
  • verb with object hearing to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 1
  • verb with object hearing to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument. 1
  • verb with object hearing to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital. 1
  • verb with object hearing to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case. 1
  • verb with object hearing to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant. 1
  • verb with object hearing to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance. 1
  • verb with object hearing (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition. 1
  • verb without object hearing to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations. 1
  • verb without object hearing to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend. 1
  • verb without object hearing to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of): I will not hear of your going. 1
  • verb without object hearing (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition. 1
  • verb without object hearing (used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech). 1
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