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

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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

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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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