hearing

adjective
/ˈhɪə.ɹɪŋ/

Able to hear, as opposed to deaf.

Example

“Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.”

Antonyms

deaf

Related words

committal hearing
counterhearing
hardness of hearing
hard of hearing
hearing aid
blitz hearing
hearing dog
hearing-ear dog
hearing-impaired
hearingless
hearing loop
hearing loss

Example sentences

“I started hearing voices at the age of twenty-one.”
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Word history

From Middle English "herynge".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hearing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.