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Hearing

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Narrower term 3

Auscultation 76% connected

The act of listening or hearkening to.

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Ear 76% connected

The organ of hearing; the external ear.

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Quo warranto 76% connected

A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Modality 76% connected

The quality or state of being modal.

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Opportunity 76% connected

Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

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Perception 76% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Proceeding 76% connected

of Proceed

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Sensing 76% connected

of Sense

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Session 76% connected

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

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Derivationally related 6

Hear 74% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Hear 74% connected

To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Listen 74% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Listen 74% connected

To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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Mind 74% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Mind 74% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Synonym 5

Audience 92% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Audition 92% connected

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Earreach 92% connected

Earshot.

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Earshot 92% connected

Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard.

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Listening 92% connected

of Listen

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Antonym 2

Deaf 94% connected

Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

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Deaf 94% connected

Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

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