noun
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intr.v. lis·tened, lis·ten·ing, lis·tens 1. To make an effort to hear something: listen to the radio; listen for the bell that ends class. 2. To pay attention; heed: "She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit" [Maya Angelou]. n. An act of listening: Would you like to give the CD a listen before buying it? listen in 1. To listen to a conversation between others; eavesdrop. 2. To tune in and listen to a broadcast. listen up Used as command to get a group or individual to pay attention: Listen up, everyone—we have to evacuate! [Middle English listenen, alteration [influenced by listen, to list, listen; see list4] of Old English hlysnan; see kleu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
attender, auditor, hearer audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a [usually public] performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" eavesdropper - a secret listener to private conversations Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.Noun 1.
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 [ˈlɪsənər] n [= person who listens sympathetically] to be a good listener → savoir écouter Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
[ˈlɪsnəʳ] n [to speaker] → ascoltatore/trice; [to radio] → radioascoltatore/trice
to be a good listener → saper ascoltare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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There was something so uncommon in her manner, that the flesh of the concealed listener crept as he heard the girl utter these words, and the blood chilled within him.
The utter irresolution and feebleness of the grey-haired child, contrasted with the keen and cunning looks of those in whose hands he was, smote upon the little listener's heart.
All these noises deepened and became substantial to the listener's ear, till she could distinguish every soft and dreamy accent of the love songs that died causelessly into funeral hymns.
Let me but lift my finger--!" She seemed to raise it [the listener's eyes were always on his paper], and to let it fall with a rattle on the ledge before her, as if the axe had dropped.
A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought to be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that nay one, on any consideration, has not told him the truth, he should let his anger be felt.
Strickland was not a conversationalist, and he had no gift for putting what he had to say in the striking phrase that the listener remembers.
Thereupon her whistling became so disjointed that the listener, if such there were, must have discovered her suspicion of his presence.
Matthew is such a sympathetic listener. Please can I go?"
Inquiries were addressed to the butler by Julius; Geoffrey standing by, and taking no other than a listener's part in the proceedings.
As I spoke, a dark gloom spread over my listener's countenance.
For years an inmate of the palace, and often a listener in the armory when the King played at sword with his friends and favorites, De Vac had heard much which passed between Henry III and his intimates that could well be turned to the King's harm by a shrewd and resourceful enemy.
In me he found an appreciative listener, who, by virtue of book-reading, knew much about the sea-life he had lived.
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