hearing

Etymology

adj

1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.
   Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

noun

1. (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
   My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.
2. (countable) The act by which something is heard.
   To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […] 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73
3. (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
   There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.
4. (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
   Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die? 21 August 2012, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian
5. (informal, dated) A scolding.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of hear