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hearing

adj
/ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/UK/ˈhɪɹ.ɪŋ/US/ˈhiː.ɹɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English herynge, equivalent to hear + -ing.

  1. inherited from herynge

Definitions

  1. Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

    • Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.

  2. The sense used to perceive sound.

    • My hearing isn't what it used to be, but I still heard that noise.

  3. The distance or physical region within which something may be heard

    The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Something heard

      Something heard; a report or piece of news.

    2. The act by which something is heard

      The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.

      • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]

    3. A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

      • There will be a public hearing to discuss the new traffic light.

    4. A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.

    5. A scolding.

    6. present participle and gerund of hear

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hearing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hearing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at hearing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA