- [uncountable] the ability to hear
- Her hearing is poor.
- The explosion damaged his hearing.
- She starting to lose her hearing.
- hearing loss
Extra Examples- His hearing began to deteriorate.
- Is there any chance that he'll get his hearing back?
- She lost her hearing when she was a child.
- Two months after the accident her hearing came back.
- Whales have acute hearing.
- a course in sign language for both deaf and hearing people
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- excellent
- good
- …
- have
- lose
- get back
- …
- deteriorate
- go
- come back
- …
- impairment
- loss
- problems
- …
- hard of hearing
- [countable] an official meeting at which the facts about a crime, complaint, etc. are presented to the person or group of people who will have to decide what action to take
- a court/disciplinary hearing
- An appeal hearing is scheduled for later this month.
- to hold/attend/adjourn a hearing
Collocations Criminal justiceCriminal justiceBreaking the law- break/violate/obey/uphold the law
- be investigated/arrested/tried for a crime/a robbery/fraud
- be arrested/ (especially North American English) indicted/convicted on charges of rape/fraud/(especially US English) felony charges
- be arrested on suspicion of arson/robbery/shoplifting
- be accused of/be charged with murder/(especially North American English) homicide/four counts of fraud
- face two charges of indecent assault
- admit your guilt/liability/responsibility (for something)
- deny the allegations/claims/charges
- confess to a crime
- grant/be refused/be released on/skip/jump bail
- stand/await/bring somebody to/come to/be on trial
- take somebody to/come to/settle something out of court
- face/avoid/escape prosecution
- seek/retain/have the right to/be denied access to legal counsel
- hold/conduct/attend/adjourn a hearing/trial
- sit on/influence/persuade/convince the jury
- sit/stand/appear/be put/place somebody in the dock
- plead guilty/not guilty to a crime
- be called to/enter (British English) the witness box
- take/put somebody on the stand/(North American English) the witness stand
- call/subpoena/question/cross-examine a witness
- give/hear the evidence against/on behalf of somebody
- raise/withdraw/overrule an objection
- reach a unanimous/majority verdict
- return/deliver/record a verdict of not guilty/unlawful killing/accidental death
- convict/acquit the defendant of the crime
- secure a conviction/your acquittal
- lodge/file an appeal
- appeal (against)/challenge/uphold/overturn a conviction/verdict
- pass sentence on somebody
- carry/face/serve a seven-year/life sentence
- receive/be given the death penalty
- be sentenced to ten years (in prison/jail)
- carry/impose/pay a fine (of $3 000)/a penalty (of 14 years' imprisonment)
- be imprisoned/jailed for drug possession/fraud/murder
- do/serve time/ten years
- be sent to/put somebody in/be released from jail/prison
- be/put somebody/spend X years on death row
- be granted/be denied/break (your) parole
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1- At a preliminary hearing the judge announced that the trial would begin on March 21.
- Protesters are calling for a public hearing.
- She was granted a divorce in a five-minute hearing.
- The committee has decided to hold the hearing in public.
- The hearing was told that the child had been left with a 14-year-old babysitter.
- The judge dismissed the case without a hearing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- final
- preliminary
- fair
- …
- conduct
- hold
- schedule
- …
- take place
- begin
- open
- …
- at a/the hearing
- in a/the hearing
- pending a/the hearing
- …
- [singular] an opportunity to explain your actions, ideas or opinions
- to get/give somebody a fair hearing
- His views may be unfashionable but he deserves a hearing.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- At least give our ideas a fair hearing before you reject them.
- You haven't got much chance of your plan getting a sympathetic hearing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fair
- sympathetic
- give somebody/something
- get
- deserve
- …
- hearing for
Idioms
See hearing in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee hearing in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin/within (somebody’s) hearing
- near enough to somebody so that they can hear what is said synonym earshot
- She shouldn't have said such things in your hearing.
- For God's sake, don't mention it in her hearing.
- I had no reason to believe there was anyone within hearing.
out of hearing
- too far away to hear somebody/something or to be heard
- She had moved out of hearing.
- We were just out of the captain's hearing.
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