Definition of 'listen'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense listens
, present participle listening
, past tense, past participle listened
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listen in British English
verb (intransitive)
1.
to concentrate on hearing something
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listener (ˈlistener) noun
Word origin
Old English hlysnan; related to Old High German lūstrēnWord Frequency
listen in American English
verb intransitive
verb transitive
3. Archaic
to pay attention to by listening; hear
noun
4.
the act of listening
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listener (ˈlistener)
noun
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listen in American English
(ˈlɪsən)
intransitive verb
SYNONYMS 1. See hear.4. informal
to convey a particular impression to the hearer; sound
The new recording doesn't listen as well as the old one
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listener noun
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[bef. 950; ME lis(t)nen, OE hlysnan; c. MHG lüsenen, Sw lyssna; akin to list5]Examples of 'listen' in a sentence
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British English: listen
/ˈlɪsn/ VERB
pay attention If you listen to someone who is talking or to a sound, you give your attention to them.
She was not listening.
- American English: listen /ˈlɪsən/
- Arabic: يَسْتَمِعُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ouvir
- Chinese: 听
- Croatian: slušati
- Czech: poslouchat
- Danish: lytte
- Dutch: luisteren
- European Spanish: escuchar
- Finnish: kuunnella
- French: écouter
- German: hören
- Greek: ακούω
- Italian: ascoltare
- Japanese: 聞く
- Korean: 듣다
- Norwegian: lytte
- Polish: usłuchać
- European Portuguese: ouvir
- Romanian: a asculta
- Russian: слушать
- Latin American Spanish: escuchar
- Swedish: lyssna
- Thai: รับฟัง
- Turkish: dinlemek
- Ukrainian: слухати
- Vietnamese: nghe
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