Definition as Noun

• (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
• a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
• an opportunity to state your case and be heard
• the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
• the range within which a voice can be heard
• the act of hearing attentively

Definition as Noun

• trying something to find out about it
• a test of the suitability of a performer

Definition as Adjective

• able to perceive sound

Definition as Adjective

• audience

• audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality

• earshot, earreach

• listening

• trial, trial run, test

• audition

• "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"

• "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

• "his hearing was impaired"

• "the children were told to stay within earshot"

• "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"

• "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"

• Hearing vs audience
• Hearing vs audition
• Hearing vs auditory sense
• Hearing vs sense of hearing
• Hearing vs auditory modality
• Hearing vs earshot
• Hearing vs earreach
• Hearing vs listening
• Hearing vs trial
• Hearing vs trial run
• Hearing vs test

• Tryout vs audience
• Tryout vs audition
• Tryout vs auditory sense
• Tryout vs sense of hearing
• Tryout vs auditory modality
• Tryout vs earshot
• Tryout vs earreach
• Tryout vs listening
• Tryout vs trial
• Tryout vs trial run
• Tryout vs test