LISTENER

hearer, listener, auditor, attender

(noun) someone who listens attentively

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

listener (plural listeners)

Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

(computing, programming, chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

(slang) A person's ear.

Anagrams

• Leinster, Leitners, enlister, re-enlist, reenlist, relisten

Source: Wiktionary


Lis"ten*er, n.

Definition: One who listens; a hearkener.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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