hearing

«hearing» in Mova's school dictionary: the sense that lets you notice sounds, using your ears — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (hearing, uncountable; a hearing, hearings); verb form (-ing form of hear: hear, hears, heard, hearing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hearing is the sense that lets you notice sounds, using your ears. tree →

2) Hearing (verb) means noticing sounds right now. tree →

3) A hearing is a meeting where a judge or a group listens to people before deciding something. tree →

4) Hearing can also mean being told something, as in "On hearing the news, she smiled." tree →

sense in the lessons

In science hearing is one of the five senses (with sight, smell, taste and touch); sound waves make the eardrum vibrate and the brain understands them. In health and safety lessons we protect our hearing from very loud noise, and some people are deaf or hard of hearing and may use hearing aids or sign language. Animals like dogs and bats have better hearing than people. Phrases: hard of hearing, hearing aid, within hearing, hearing test.

examples

• Dogs have very good hearing. tree →
• Hearing is one of our five senses. tree →
• My grandpa wears a hearing aid because he is hard of hearing. tree →
• I keep hearing a strange noise in the attic. tree →
• Very loud music can damage your hearing. tree →
• The nurse gave me a hearing test at school. tree →
• Bats use their hearing to find insects in the dark. tree →
• Are you hearing me? tree →
• On hearing this Bellah began to laugh. tree →

note

«Hear» is irregular: hear, heard, heard. «Hearing» (noticing sounds) is different from «listening» (paying attention on purpose). Do not confuse «hear» with «here» (a place); they sound the same. Covering your ears or wearing ear defenders near very loud sounds protects your hearing.

In the corpora

• To help someone with poor hearing, face them and speak clearly, without shouting.
• A child can still feel bad after hearing "it's not your fault"; that feeling is normal and passes.
• Some hearing aids use AI to make voices clearer in noisy rooms.
• Owls are expert hunters with superb hearing, but crows and parrots solve much harder puzzles than owls.
• Does Toad think the Rat enjoys hearing that he «keeps company with gaol-birds»?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hearing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.