Hearing and Reading

Hearing

Hearing noun - Range of hearing.

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Reading and hearing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reading" instead a noun "Hearing".

Nearby Words: hear, hearer

Reading noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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Hearing and reading are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hearing" instead a noun "Reading".

Nearby Words: read, reader, readable, readout, readability

good	good hearing	good reading
public	public hearing	public reading
actual	actual hearing	actual reading
great	great hearing	great reading
Other adjectives: bad, mandatory, political, last, selective.

This is because he's The Chosen One, and his coming and the great deeds he must perform were written down as prophecy ages go... and they don't want him reading or hearing about any spoilers.

Source: Never Learned to Read
But in this case it's forgiven, because you can tell this from hearing/reading the lyrics.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Music
We keep reading and hearing that the players are under a lot of pressure, and that they're tired and jaded and perhaps their judgment and their skill is blunted.

Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Real Life

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