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Definition of Listen

1. Verb. Hear with intention. "Listen to the sound of this cello"

2. Verb. Listen and pay attention. "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

3. Verb. Pay close attention to; give heed to. "Heed the advice of the old men"

Definition of Listen

1. v. i. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

2. v. t. To attend to.

Definition of Listen

1. Verb. (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound, to note. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To wait for a sound, such as a signal. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To accept or obey oral instruction. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Listen

1. to make conscious use of the sense of hearing [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Listen

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listello listellos listels listeme listemes listen (current term) listen in listen up listenability listenable

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Literary usage of Listen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"Sat down to listen, I suppose. Never mind what he heard, ... SAT DOWN TO listen. Very considerably fagged out we arrived in town at 9 o'clock at night, ..."

2. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"*Crosses to L C. &He takes of head and runs or flies with it of R, chuckling. A few bars of "Nocturne." *More music, all listen. ..."

3. Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY listen TO REASON. THE train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an hour as ..."

4. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"To speak and at the same time listen to yourself cannot turn out well. If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to ..."

5. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"SINCE here we are set in array round the table, Five hundred good fellows well met in a hall, Come listen, brave boys, aud 111 sing as I 'm able, ..."

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