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Adjective
Noun
- the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
- a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
- the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago
- the act of hearing attentively
- you can learn a lot by just listening
- they make good music--you should give them a hearing
- the range within which a voice can be heard
- the children were told to stay within earshot
- an opportunity to state your case and be heard
- they condemned him without a hearing
- he saw that he had lost his audience
- (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence