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Definition of Hearing

Hearing

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

Hearing Quotations

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
Dalai Lama

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'
Anna Quindlen

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
Peter Drucker

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Hearing Translations

hearing in Dutch is gehoor
hearing in French is ouie, audience, oyant, entendant
hearing in Italian is ascolto

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