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outhearing

outhearing is the present participle and gerund of outhear.

Meaning of outhear

Verb

outhear (third-person singular simple present outhears, present participle outhearing, simple past and past participle outheard)

  1. (transitive) To hear more acutely than.
    • Dogs can outhear human beings.

Questions about outhearing

What is outhearing the present participle and gerund of?
Outhearing is the present participle and gerund of outhear.

Words near outhearing in the dictionary

  1. outhauling
  2. outhauls
  3. outheal
  4. outhear
  5. outheard
  6. outhearing
  7. outhears
  8. outheel
  9. outheld
  10. outherod
  11. outheroded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outhearing (page history and authors); outhear (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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