hearing

Roget category 418

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing

noun

hearing etc. v. — audition, auscultation — eavesdropping — audibility.
acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear — ear for music.
ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus — eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane.
[devices to aid human hearing by amplifying sound] ear trumpet, speaking trumpet, hearing aid, stethoscope.
[distance within which direct hearing is possible] earshot, hearing distance, hearing, hearing range, sound, carrying distance.
[devices for talking beyond hearing distance: list] telephone, phone, telephone booth, intercom, house phone, radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless, wireless telephone, mobile telephone, car radio, police radio, two-way radio, walkie-talkie [Mil.], handie-talkie, citizen's band, CB, amateur radio, ham radio, short-wave radio, police band, ship-to-shore radio, airplane radio, control tower communication — (communication) 525, 527, 529, 531, 532 — electronic devices [devices for recording and reproducing recorded sound], phonograph, gramophone, megaphone, phonorganon^†.
[device to convert sound to electrical signals] microphone, directional microphone, mike, hand mike, lapel microphone.
[devices to convert recorded sound to electronic signals] phonograph needle, stylus, diamond stylus, pickup — reading head (electronic devices). hearer, auditor, listener, eavesdropper, listener-in.
auditory, audience.
[science of hearing] otology, otorhinolaryngology.
[physicians specializing in hearing] otologist, otorhinolaryngologist.

verb

hear, overhear — hark, harken — list, listen, pay attention, take heed — give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear — catch, catch a sound, prick up one's ears — give ear, give a hearing, give audience to.
hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears.
become audible — meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear — be heard — ring in the ear etc. (resound) 408.

adjective

hearing etc. v. — auditory, auricular, acoustic — phonic.

adverb

arrectis auribus [Lat.].

interjection

hark, hark ye!, hear!, list, listen!, O yes!, Oyez!, listen up [Coll.] — listen here!, hear ye!, attention!, achtung [G.].

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