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1 [mass noun] the faculty of perceiving sounds: people who have very acute hearing
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the range within which sounds may be heard; earshot: she had moved out of hearing
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2an opportunity to state one’s case: I think I had a fair hearing
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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