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 Definitions for Listening: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Listen \Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened
(l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [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. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and
E. loud. [root]41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to
give ear; to hearken; to attend.
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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. --Holder.
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2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to
obey.
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Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson.
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To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
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Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines;
scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and
professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See Attend.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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listening \listening\ n.
the act of hearing attentively.
Syn: hearing.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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listening
adj : attending to or alert for sound; "be wary of listening
ears"; "government-maintained listening posts"
n : the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just
listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a
hearing" [syn: hearing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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27 Moby Thesaurus words for "listening":
all ears, attention, attentive, audibility, audience, audition,
aural examination, aural sense, auscultation, bugging, conference,
eager attention, ear, eavesdropping, electronic surveillance,
examination by ear, favorable attention, hearing, heeding,
hushed attention, interview, listening in, open-eared,
rapt attention, sense of hearing, tryout, wiretapping
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