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listen
[ lis-uhn ]
verb (used without object)
- to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- to pay attention; heed; obey (often followed by to ):
Children don't always listen to their parents.
- to wait attentively for a sound (usually followed by for ):
to listen for sounds of their return.
- Informal. to convey a particular impression to the hearer; sound:
The new recording doesn't listen as well as the old one.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to give ear to; hear.
verb phrase
- to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
Listen in tomorrow for the names of the lottery winners.
- to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
Someone was listening in to his private calls.
listen
/ ˈɪə /
verb
- to concentrate on hearing something
- to take heed; pay attention
I told you many times but you wouldn't listen
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- t· noun
- ·t verb
- ܲ·t·Բ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of listen1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I heard someone say, “Johnson will have to listen to us now.”
Mr Mosquera, a Colombian national, sat in the dock and listened to proceedings with the help of an interpreter.
She still can’t explain why she picked up and then listened to a cold-caller’s pitch that sounded a lot like a scam.
“If you listen to it carefully, you hear a woman narrating her own murder,” Orange County Deputy Dist.
And then, flash forward 30 or so years later, I’m like, “Oh wow, listen to those mourning doves!”
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