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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). |
| aloud |
in a voice that people can hear. |
| 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. |
| audition |
the ability to hear. [1/5 definitions] |
| beautiful |
very nice to see, hear, or feel. |
| beauty |
the quality of being pleasant to see, hear, or feel. [1/2 definitions] |
| blind spot |
an area nearby but which, or in which, one cannot see or hear what is happening, such as an area behind an automobile in motion that the driver cannot see through a rear-view mirror, or an acoustically dead spot in an auditorium. [1/4 definitions] |
| concurrent jurisdiction |
the power of two or more courts to each hear and decide cases related to the same matter or in the same geographic area. |
| conscious |
able to feel, think, hear, and see. |
| court |
the judges or other people who hear and decide legal cases. [1/8 definitions] |
| deaf |
not able to hear. |
| deaf-mute |
one who can neither hear nor speak. [1/2 definitions] |
| dial tone |
the steady sound in a telephone that shows the line is open. When you hear the dial tone, you can enter the number of the person you want to call. |
| distinct |
clear to see, hear, or understand. [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] |
| hard of hearing |
unable to hear well. |
| heard |
past tense and past participle of hear. |
| hearing |
the ability to hear or sense sound. [2/4 definitions] |
| inaudible |
impossible to hear. |
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