Hearing Hear Extra Examples Noun ˈhɪərɪŋ ˈhɪrɪŋ Poor

• her hearing is poor.
• the explosion damaged his hearing.
• she starting to lose her hearing.
• hearing loss

hearing

1. the ability to hear
• SEE ALSO hard of hearing
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hard-of-hearing
• Her hearing is poor.
• The explosion damaged his hearing.
• She starting to lose her hearing.
• hearing loss

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• His hearing began to deteriorate.
• Is there any chance that he'll get his hearing back?
• She lost her hearing when she was a child.
• Two months after the accident her hearing came back.
• Whales have acute hearing.
• a course in sign language for both deaf and hearing people
2. 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
• An appeal hearing is scheduled for later this month.
• to hold/attend/adjourn a hearing

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• At a preliminary hearing the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21.
• Protesters are calling for a public hearing.
• She was granted a divorce in a five-minute hearing.
• The committee has decided to hold the hearing in public.
• The hearing was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.
• The judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
3. an opportunity to explain your actions, ideas or opinions
• to get/give somebody a fair hearing
• His views may be unfashionable but he deserves a hearing.

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• At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them.
• You haven't got much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic hearing.
4. near enough to somebody so that they can hear what is said
• SYNONYM earshot
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/earshot
• She shouldn't have said such things in your hearing.
• For God's sake, don't mention it in her hearing.
• I had no reason to believe there was anyone within hearing.
5. too far away to hear somebody/something or to be heard
• She had moved out of hearing.
• We were just out of the captain's hearing.