Hearing

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Hear.

II. Hearing ·noun Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.

III. Hearing ·noun Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.

IV. Hearing ·noun The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

V. Hearing ·noun A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.