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LISTENING
listening, hearing
(noun) the act of hearing attentively; “you can learn a lot by just listening”; “they make good music--you should give them a hearing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
listening (not comparable)
Of something or someone that listens.
Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
Verb
listening
present participle of listen
Etymology 2
Noun
listening (plural listenings)
Action of the verb listening
An educational exercise involving listening
Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
Anagrams
• enlisting, tinseling
Source: Wiktionary
LISTEN
Lis"ten, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened; p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] Etym: [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. hlosen to listen, Gr. loud. sq. root41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder.
2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.
Syn.
– To attend; hearken. See Attend.
Lis"ten, v. t.
Definition: To attend to. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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