hearing
Từ điển Collocation
hearing noun
1 ability to hear
ADJ. acute, excellent, good, normal, sharp | bad, impaired, poor
VERB + HEARING have, possess Whales have acute hearing. | lose She lost her hearing when she was a child. | get back, regain Is there any chance that he'll get his hearing back? | affect, impair, make worse
HEARING + VERB deteriorate, get worse, go His hearing began to deteriorate. Her hearing was already going. | come back, get better, improve Two months after the accident her hearing came back.
HEARING + NOUN impairment, loss, problems | aid to have/wear a hearing aid | person a course in sign language for both deaf and hearing people
PHRASES hard of hearing You'll have to speak more loudly. I'm afraid she's rather hard of hearing.
2 trial in a court of law/similar investigation
ADJ. final, preliminary | fair | formal, full | open, public | private, secret | oral | appeal, custody, disciplinary, petition, pre-trial | committee, congressional, court, tribunal
VERB + HEARING conduct, hold Most councils hold hearings in public. | ask for, call for, demand Protesters are calling for a public hearing. | get, have She said that she had had a very fair hearing from the disciplinary tribunal. | attend | adjourn | tell The hearing was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.
HEARING + VERB take place | begin, open
PREP. at a/the ~ At a preliminary hearing the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21. | in a/the ~ She was granted a divorce in a five-minute hearing. | pending a/the ~ Pending the hearing of the case by the court, the business will be allowed to continue trading. | without a ~ A High Court judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
3 chance for an opinion to be considered
ADJ. fair, sympathetic
VERB + HEARING give sb/sth At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them. | get You haven't got much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic hearing. | deserve Their views deserve a hearing.
PREP. ~ for All I'm asking is a fair hearing for my ideas.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- (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
- an opportunity to state your case and be heard; audience
they condemned him without a hearing
he saw that he had lost his audience
- the range within which a voice can be heard; earshot, earreach
the children were told to stay within earshot
- the act of hearing attentively; listening
you can learn a lot by just listening
they make good music--you should give them a hearing
- 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 ability to hear; the auditory faculty; audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality
his hearing was impaired
v.
- perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; learn, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
I learned that she has two grown-up children
I see that you have been promoted
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; try
The jury had heard all the evidence
The case will be tried in California
- receive a communication from someone
We heard nothing from our son for five years
- listen and pay attention; listen, take heed
Listen to your father
We must hear the expert before we make a decision
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
hearings
syn.: audience audition auditory modality auditory sense earreach earshot hearing(a) listening sense of hearinghears|heard|hearing
syn.: heed listen
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