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Definition of hearing : 1. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.
2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.
3. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.
4. of Hear
5. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

Synonyms:

cause, possibilities, consultation, deafen, ear, earreach, scope, access, committal, sharp-eared, tryout, trial, deaf, auditory nerve, quick-eared, hail, court, class action, appeal, interview, deaf-and-dumb, audience, auditory modality, deaf mute, the initiative, dissent, auditory sense, break, earshot, window of opportunity, opening, opportunity, law, chance, cochlea, sense of hearing, court-martial, choice, sound, audio-

audio, audible, aural, auditory

hearkening, auditive, sensory

count, writ, lawsuit, impeachment, subpoena, case, accusation, implication, charge, action, indictment, allegation, citation, affidavit, prosecution, suit, summons, arraignment, litigation, grievance, complaint

audition, attention, listening, attending

Usage examples:

• Besides, he went on to think, at the farm they are out of hearing of this one great weary subject of talk. - "Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete", Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
• What do you say to hearing a story? - "Captain Horace", Sophie May.
• True, I remember hearing something of the kind; but that was a hundred years ago. - "Countess Erika's Apprenticeship", Ossip Schubin.