n. The act or state of hearing or attending to words or sounds; the act of listening.n. Liberty or opportunity of being heard; liberty or opportunity of speaking with or before, as before an assembly or a court of law; specifically, admission of an ambassador, envoy, or other applicant to a formal interview with a sovereign or other high officer of government.n. A hearing; an interview or conference.n. An auditory; an assembly of hearers.n. [Sp. audiencia, commonly used in English writing without translation.] In Spain and Spanish countries, a name given to certain courts, also collectively to certain law-officers appointed to institute a judicial inquiry.n. In England, an abbreviation for audience-court (which see). =