SENSE OF HEARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sense of hearing mean? 

• SENSE OF HEARING (noun)
  The noun SENSE OF HEARING has 1 sense:

1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

  Familiarity information: SENSE OF HEARING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSE OF HEARING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to hear; the auditory faculty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

audition; auditory modality; auditory sense; hearing; sense of hearing

Context example:

his hearing was impaired

Hypernyms ("sense of hearing" is a kind of...):

modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)

exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)

Domain member category:

auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sense of hearing"):

ear (good hearing)

absolute pitch; perfect pitch (the ability to identify the pitch of a tone)

 Context examples 

They mediate the sense of hearing.

(Cochlear Nerve, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Having to do with the ear and the sense of hearing.

(Auditory, NCI Dictionary)