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English word
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb listen has 3 senses
- listen(v = verb.perception) - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello" is one way to comprehend, perceive
- listen(v = verb.perception) hear, take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" is one way to center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
- listen(v = verb.social) heed, mind - pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men" is one way to obey
Derived forms noun listener1, noun listening1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun listener1, noun listening1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun listening1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
listen, v. i. [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosēn to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. Loud, and cf. List to listen.].
- To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [1913 Webster]"When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension." [1913 Webster]
- To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [1913 Webster]"Listen to me, and by me be ruled." [1913 Webster]"Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors."
Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend.
listen, v. t.
To attend to. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
listen, v.intr.
1 a make an effort to hear something. b attentively hear a person speaking.
2 (foll. by to) a give attention with the ear (listened to my story). b take notice of; respond to advice or a request or to the person expressing it.
3 (also listen out) (often foll. by for) seek to hear or be aware of by waiting alertly.
1 a make an effort to hear something. b attentively hear a person speaking.
2 (foll. by to) a give attention with the ear (listened to my story). b take notice of; respond to advice or a request or to the person expressing it.
3 (also listen out) (often foll. by for) seek to hear or be aware of by waiting alertly.
Idiom
listen in
1 tap a telephonic communication.
2 use a radio receiving set.
listening-post
1 a a point near an enemy's lines for detecting movements by sound. b a station for intercepting electronic communications.
2 a place for the gathering of information from reports etc.
1 tap a telephonic communication.
2 use a radio receiving set.
listening-post
1 a a point near an enemy's lines for detecting movements by sound. b a station for intercepting electronic communications.
2 a place for the gathering of information from reports etc.
Etymology
OE hlysnan f. WG
THESAURUS
listen
NB, attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, cock the ears, eavesdrop, examine by ear, give attention, give audience to, give ear, give ear to, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, hearken to, heed, intercept, lend an ear, listen at, listen in, listen to, mind, obey, pay attention to, sit in on, straitened circumstances, tap, wiretapROGET THESAURUS
listen
Hearing
VB hear, overhear, hark, harken, list, listen, pay attention, take heed, give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear, catch, catch a sound, prick up one's ears, give ear, give a hearing, give audience to, hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears, become audible, meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear, be heard, ring in the ear.
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