Noun

(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}

(countable) The act by which something is heard.

* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)

To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings , smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires

(uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.

* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

*, II.2.4:

To be present at an interview , as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe […], no age ever saw the like.

Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.

A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.

The reporter gave the witness an interview .

A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.

It was a dreadful interview ; I have no hope of getting the job.

A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.