hearingn.1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.()I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. (Job xlii. 5.)()2. Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.()3. A listening to facts and evidence, for the sake of adjudication; a session of a court for considering proofs and determining issues.()His last offenses to us
Shall have judicious hearing. (Shak.)Another hearing before some other court. (Dryden.)(Abbot.)4. Extent within which sound may be heard; sound; earshot.(Shak.)They laid him by the pleasant shore,
And in the hearing of the wave. (Tennyson.)