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rehearing

rehearing is the present participle and gerund of rehear.

Meaning of rehear

Verb

rehear (third-person singular simple present rehears, present participle rehearing, simple past and past participle reheard)

  1. (transitive) To hear again.
  2. (transitive) To try (a lawsuit, etc.) again judicially.
    • The court will rehear the case on Monday.

Noun

rehearing (plural rehearings)

  1. A second or subsequent hearing of a case.
    • The Supreme Court is still considering a request for a rehearing of that case and may modify their decision.1980 April 12, “Dan White To Serve Only Four Years?”, in Gay Community News, page 6

Forms of rehearing

pluralrehearings
alternative formre-hearing

Questions about rehearing

What does rehearing mean?
Rehearing means a second or subsequent hearing of a case.
What is rehearing the present participle and gerund of?
Rehearing is the present participle and gerund of rehear.
What part of speech is rehearing?
Rehearing is a noun.
What is the plural of rehearing?
The plural of rehearing is rehearings.

Words near rehearing in the dictionary

  1. reheaped
  2. reheaping
  3. reheaps
  4. rehear
  5. reheard
  6. rehearing
  7. rehearings
  8. rehears
  9. rehearsability
  10. rehearsable
  11. rehearsal

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