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| acoustics |
the aspects of a room or space that make sounds easy or difficult to hear (used with a plural verb). |
| appeal |
a request that a higher court hear a case. An appeal is made after one has lost a case in a lower court. [1/6 definitions] |
| audience |
a group of people gathered to see or hear something. [1/3 definitions] |
| beautiful |
delightful to see, hear, or experience; lovely to the senses; having beauty. |
| conscious |
awake; able to feel, think, hear, and see. [1/3 definitions] |
| court |
the judges or other people who hear and decide legal cases. [1/8 definitions] |
| deaf |
not able to hear, or not able to hear well. [1/2 definitions] |
| distinguish |
to see or hear in a clear way. [1/4 definitions] |
| ear1 |
an ability to hear sounds clearly and accurately. [1/3 definitions] |
| heard |
past tense and past participle of "hear." |
| hearing |
the ability to hear or sense sound. [2/4 definitions] |
| inaudible |
impossible to hear. |
| judge |
a person trained to hear and decide cases brought before a court of law. [2/6 definitions] |
| listen |
to try to hear. [1/2 definitions] |
| miss1 |
to fail to see, hear, or understand. [1/8 definitions] |
| overhear |
to hear without the speaker's knowledge. |
| proclamation |
the act of announcing to the public, or something that is said for the public to hear. |
| ring2 |
to hear a humming sound or echo. [1/11 definitions] |
| sensitive |
able to smell, hear, taste, feel, or see very well. [1/4 definitions] |
| sound1 |
anything that people or animals can hear with their ears. [1/9 definitions] |
| understand |
to hear, learn, or be told; gather. [1/5 definitions] |
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