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    SENSE OF HEARING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The ability to hear; the auditory facultyplay

    Example:

    his hearing was impaired

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    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)

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