hearing
/ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.82 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
noun
The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
Countable
noun
A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Deaf people often must deal with hearing people."
- "My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise."
- "She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence."
- "When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper."
- "More evidence followed. Evidence as to the financial difficulties in which the prisoner had found himself at the end of July. Evidence as to his intrigue with Mrs. Raikes—poor Mary, that must have been bitter hearing for a woman of her pride."
- "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/