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hearing things

hearing things is the present participle and gerund of hear things.

Meaning of hear things

Verb

hear things (third-person singular simple present hears things, present participle hearing things, simple past and past participle heard things)

  1. (idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
    • You didn't hear that? Am I hearing things?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, thing.

Questions about hearing things

What is hearing things the present participle and gerund of?
Hearing things is the present participle and gerund of hear things.

Words near hearing things in the dictionary

  1. hearing rooms
  2. hearing test
  3. hearing the end of it
  4. hearing the grass grow
  5. hearing the last of
  6. hearing things
  7. hearing through the grapevine
  8. hearing trumpet
  9. hearing trumpets
  10. hearing voices
  11. hearing-ear dog

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