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Found 1 definition: listen.

Pos: Verb (intransitive)

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb listen has 3 senses

1. listen(v = verb.perception) - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
is one way to comprehend, perceive
Derived forms noun listener₁, noun listening₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

2. listen(v = verb.perception) hear, take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
is one way to center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
Derived forms noun listener₁, noun listening₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

3. listen(v = verb.social) heed, mind - pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
is one way to obey
Derived form noun listening₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

listen, v. i. [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. hlosēn to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. Loud, and cf. List to listen.].

1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [1913 Webster]
"When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension." [1913 Webster]

2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [1913 Webster]
"Listen to me, and by me be ruled." [1913 Webster]
"Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors."

To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend.

listen, v. t.

To attend to. Shak. [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

listen, v.intr.
1 a make an effort to hear something. b attentively hear a person speaking.
2 (foll. by to) a give attention with the ear (listened to my story). b take notice of; respond to advice or a request or to the person expressing it.
3 (also listen out) (often foll. by for) seek to hear or be aware of by waiting alertly.

Idiom:
listen in
1 tap a telephonic communication.
2 use a radio receiving set.
listening-post
1 a a point near an enemy's lines for detecting movements by sound. b a station for intercepting electronic communications.
2 a place for the gathering of information from reports etc.

Etymology:
OE hlysnan f. WG

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Hearing

VB hear, overhear, hark, harken, list, listen, pay attention, take heed, give an ear, lend an ear, bend an ear, catch, catch a sound, prick up one's ears, give ear, give a hearing, give audience to, hang upon the lips of, be all ears, listen with both ears, become audible, meet the ear, fall upon the ear, catch the ear, reach the ear, be heard, ring in the ear.

[RELATED WORDS]

listen in, not listen