give a hearing
1hearing — hearing, audience, audition all mean a formal opportunity to be heard by persons having authority to question or the power of decision. Hearing is not only the general word applicable to such an opportunity not only to be literally heard but to… …
2Hearing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Sense of sound. < N PARAG:Hearing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hearing hearing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 audition audition auscultation Sgm: N 1 eavesdropping eavesdropping Sgm: N 1 audibility audibility GRP: N …
3Hearing screening test, newborn — Screening of the newborn baby s ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory brainstem response tests or, less often, with what are called otoacoustic emission or conventional auditory brainstem response tests.… …
4hearing — hear‧ing [ˈhɪərɪŋ ǁ ˈhɪr ] noun [countable] a meeting of a court or special committee to find out the facts about a case: • A court hearing is unlikely before the end of next year. confirˈmation ˌhearing 1. in the US, a hearing to approve the… …
5give a formal hearing to — index hear (give a legal hearing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6give a judicial hearing to — index hear (give a legal hearing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7give an official hearing to — index hear (give a legal hearing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8(give somebody) a fair hearing — (give sb) a fair ˈhearing idiom (to allow sb) the opportunity to give their opinion of sth before deciding if they have done sth wrong, often in court • I ll see that you get a fair hearing. Main entry: ↑fairidiom …
9give someone the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) the benefit of the doubt to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either. After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt …
10give the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) the benefit of the doubt to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either. After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt …
