Listening To

• able to perceive sound

• (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence

• an opportunity to state your case and be heard

• the range within which a voice can be heard

• the act of hearing attentively

• a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken

• the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

• paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• a general interest that leads people to want to know more

• a courteous act indicating affection

• the faculty or power of mental concentration

• a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review