1 [mass noun] the faculty of perceiving sounds:people who have very acute hearing
the range within which sounds may be heard; earshot:she had moved out of hearing
2an opportunity to state one’s case:I think I had a fair hearing
Law an act of listening to evidence in a court of law or before an official, especially a trial before a judge without a jury:the court may stay execution pending a hearing
hearing in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of hearing in the US English dictionary
