give a hearing

VERB

judge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciate assess conclude consider criticize decide derive determine discern distinguish draw evaluate examine find put resolve review try

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate appraise approximate arbitrate arrive ascertain check collect condemn decree deduct doom esteem estimate gather make mediate place rate reckon referee rule sentence settle sit suppose test umpire value

WEAK

act on make out pass sentence pronounce sentence size up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve begin disregard hesitate ignore miss neglect overlook praise reject start waver

STRONG

calculate depart disbelieve disperse distribute divide leave lose measure scatter

VERB

try

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decide hear

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate arbitrate examine judge referee

WEAK

sit in judgment

Antonyms

WEAK

abstain delight please

Example Sentences

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She also called on Congress to give a hearing to Epstein’s victims.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Council’s public safety chair said Tuesday that she would give a hearing to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s amended version of the massive criminal code rewrite.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2023

For Conductor Otto Klemperer it was a matter of duty to give a hearing to native talent.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no judge that would give a hearing To the oppressed people whose life was under hardship.

From Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady

Balkan people do not yet, to any great extent, appreciate your desire for truth or even your honesty if you should give a hearing to their antagonists.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry

give a hearing

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