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verb. ['ˈlɪsən'] hear with intention.
- hear out
- perceive
- eavesdrop
- hark
- pay heed
- hang
- attend
- comprehend
- hear
- hearken
- listen in
- harken
- give ear
- listnen [Middle English [1100-1500]]
Rhymes with Listen
- rechristen
- edmisten
- divison
- grisson
- glisson
- frison
- christen
- brisson
- brison
- zisson
- tison
- thissen
- sisson
- sison
- rison
- nissen
- kissane
- dison
- dishon
- bisson
- bissen
- ison
Pronounce listen as ˈlɪsən.
US - How to pronounce listen in American English
UK - How to pronounce listen in British English
1. Adverb, comparative
Women listen and share ideas, while maintaining a high level of professionalism.
2. Verb, base form
Follow the prompts to listen to your voice mail messages.
3. Noun, singular or mass
Orton-Gillingham reinforces learning by having the student listen, speak, read and write simultaneously.
1. Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
- Shel Silverstein
2. My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.
- Kacey Musgraves
3. The first duty of love is to listen.
- Paul Tillich
verb. ['ˈlɪsən'] listen and pay attention.
- focus
- rivet
- center
- centre
- take heed
- concentrate
- hear
- incline
- obscurity
- soften
- indistinctness
- softness
- listnen [Middle English [1100-1500]]
verb. ['ˈlɪsən'] pay close attention to; give heed to.
- listnen [Middle English [1100-1500]]
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See Spanish definition of escuchar
1‘I've just been listening to the news’
SYNONYMS
hear, pay attention, be attentive, attend, concentrate on, concentrate on hearing, give ear to, lend an ear to
hang on someone's words
keep one's ears open, prick up one's ears
informal be all ears, pin back one's ears, get a load of, tune in
literary hark, hearken
2‘policy-makers should listen to popular opinion’
SYNONYMS
pay attention, take heed, heed, give heed, take notice, take note, mind, observe, watch, follow, notice, mark, bear in mind, give a thought to, take into consideration, take into account, take to heart, hang on, accept, believe
obey, do as one is told by
ANTONYMS
- listen in
‘anyone with the right radio receiver can listen in on calls’
overhear, tap, wiretap, bug, monitor
To hear something without the speaker's awareness or intent.
To hear with attention; to regard.
[Archaic] To wait for; expect.
[With relationship implied by context] To obtain [a pet] from a shelter or the wild.
[Law] To reject [a bill of indictment] for lack of evidence
To decline to accept, agree to, or do something
[Intransitive] To receive something willingly.
To provide entertainment.
[Intransitive, archaic] To pay attention, care.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sound
To listen without participating.
To refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful
[Idiomatic, intransitive] To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.
To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.
[Card Games] To remove [a card or cards] from one's hand
To keep close watch over; supervise:
To greet, receive, or entertain [another or others] cordially or hospitably.
To receive advice cordially
To receive advice cordially
[Idiomatic] To listen to someone until that person has finished.
To receive advice cordially
[Carpentry] To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
To have a normally functioning ear or ears; be able to hear sounds
[Sports] To receive a pass or a kicked ball, for example.
To utter words with the ordinary voice; talk
To come to or toward a common center
To receive [a radio signal or the like].
To disregard is defined as to ignore or treat with a lack of respect.
To communicate, usually by means of speech.
To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.
To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed
To carry out or comply with [a command, for example].
To gain access to private electronic communications, as through wiretapping or the interception of e-mail or cell phone calls.
Find another word for listen. In this page you can discover 63 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for listen, like: listen to, overhear, give attention, hearken, be attentive, lend-an-ear, attend, adopt, ignore, refuse and accept.