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listen English

Meaning listen meaning

What does listen mean?
Definitions in simple English

listen Verb

— If you listen to something, you try to hear and understand it. Shhh! Listen! Did you hear that? She listened carefully to what he said, but it was hard to understand. OK, listen up. Here's what we'll do... — If you listen to someone, you agree with them, believe them, or do what they tell you. Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's talking about. If you listen to your mother, you won't go wrong.

listen Noun

— If you give something a listen, you try to hear and understand it. Do you want to have a listen to this new band?

listen

— verb hear with intention Listen to the sound of this cello — verb (= hear) listen and pay attention Listen to your father We must hear the expert before we make a decision — verb (= heed) pay close attention to; give heed to Heed the advice of the old men

Synonyms listen synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as listen?

listen English » English

hear obey listen to pay attention heed hark give ear mind tune in hearken attend sense listen in harken eavesdrop understand take heed smell pay attention to overhear notice look out listen carefully list hey hearken to give ear to feel behold be attentive attentive whiff watch out watch vote for vote turn the ear trust tin think tend taste take notice take note take in swallow stop it sound reading sound sniff

Topics listen topics

What do people use listen to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Listen
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Recorded music
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Stubborn
Person Body Internal organs

Heart
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore
Language and thought Think Learn

Willing to learn
Language and thought Want Influence

Advise
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Prompters of attention

Conjugation listen conjugation

How do you conjugate listen?

listen · verb

Examples listen examples

How do I use listen in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Why don't you listen to me?
Be quiet and listen!
If we were supposed to talk more than listen, we would have been given two mouths and one ear.
Listen to the teachers.
I don't want to listen to you.
Don't listen to him.
Don't listen to him!
Let's just sit here a while and listen.
I want you to listen to me.
Tom, I want you to listen to this.
If you don't listen to us, we will have to resort to coercion.
Don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense.
My hobby is to listen to music.
Will you listen to me for a few minutes?
You never listen. I might as well talk to the wall.
It is a lot of fun to listen to music.
I listen to music.
Put down your pencil and listen to me.
I tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen.
If you listen to English programs on the radio, you can learn English for nothing.
Listen carefully.
Listen, all of you.
Let's listen to some music.
I like music, and I listen to it every day.
If you go drinking with Tom, be prepared to listen to some pretty outlandish cock and bull stories.
I beg of you to listen carefully.
I have no time to listen to such everyday affairs.
Do stop talking and listen to the music.
Listen to this music and relax.

Movie subtitles

You don't listen!
He really does listen!
Listen to me woman!
Listen to me, Baba!
To listen to him.
We are ready to listen.
We will listen to the fat white guy!
We just need to listen.
These telescopes listen to hundreds of thousands to millions of stars at the same time and they do it 24 hours a day.
Hey, guys, listen.
There's no reason for me to obediently listen to his words.
Magistrate, you have to listen to me.
Patrolmen, listen.
Don't listen to anything that woman says.
She's your friend, she'll listen to you.
God is with me. I only listen to Him.
Don't listen to him. You've made tremendous progress.
Listen and spread the word!
Listen to him, as if he were me.
Listen, Toussaint!
Listen! Why end confinement?
Listen! Let's not beat around the bush.
Listen to them. They're jubilant.
Listen to me!
You don't have to talk, but you do have to listen.
All right, listen, the kid doesn't eat until you do it.
Well, don't listen to me.
Listen, I can't explain the world I was in, okay?
Hey. Listen, this is my last time.
Listen, man.
Listen!
Listen to me for a second, love.
Dad, listen to me, OK?
Listen, I know I said some things...but you boys mean a lot to me, all right?
Listen, nobody has to know.
Hey, guys, listen. I'm gonna look for her.
Listen. Hey, hey.
Even if he doesn't listen, or even if he acts proud or says things too bluntly, cut him some slack and always stay by his side.

News and current affairs

Politicians don't listen very well to individual scientists, but they are forced to listen when hundreds of scientists speak with a united voice.
The government has repeatedly pledged to undertake reforms and listen to its people.
If US policymakers would only listen, they might get an idea or two about how to deal with financial crises from experts who have lived through them and come out safely on the other side.
America should start to listen before it is too late.
At that point, senior US officials might well arrive in a country, offer advice, and find that nobody is bothering to listen.
The Pope was, therefore, right when he called for more love and was wrong when he hoped that people would listen.
On her recent trip to Israel, Rice had to listen to four different peace plans from the prime minister, the foreign minister, the minister for strategic threats, and the defense minister.
It is our responsibility to listen to their voices and respond to their concerns.
As the political pressure mounts, the university's administrators need only listen to the students.
Some of us might listen.
However much one may favor multiethnic nation-states, once such a construction has failed, it is imperative to listen to popular sentiment.
Speaking up is an important part of that, because people not only listen to what is said, but also notice what passes without being challenged.
The problem is that when these scare stories are later shown to be wrong, people become less willing to listen even to reasonable arguments about global warming.
Israel's manifest displeasure with the entire negotiating process, which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has emphasized to anyone who will listen over the past three months, reverberates loudly among Israel's many congressional friends.
Though I will defend the right of individuals to make racist statements, I would not make such statements myself or listen to a speaker making them.
Officials then listen to comments and suggestions from Western business and academic participants, including a question and answer session with Premier Li Keqiang.
I would not listen to those who advocate excluding investment from fiscal deficits: this would only offer new incentives for creative accounting and unsustainable accumulation of debt.
How fast America's new president addresses the Arab-Israeli conflict will be of paramount concern to Europeans in this effort. For to them, Jerusalem has always mattered more than Baghdad, but George W. Bush refused to listen.
For a happier New Year, we should listen to the core messages of all these great religions, above all the Confucian golden rule that we should never do to others what we would not like to be done to us.
The world should listen.

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