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51listen to — v. 1) (esp. AE) (I) we listened to them sing 2) (J) we listened to them singing * * * (J) we listen toed to them singing (esp. AE) (I) we listen toed to them sing …
52listen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harken, attend; hear; grant; heed. See hearing, attention. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to hear] Syn. attend, keep one s ears open, be attentive, listen in, pick up, overhear, give attention… …
53listen — [OE] The Indo European base *kludenoted ‘hearing’ (it is the ultimate source of English loud). From its extended form *kluswere derived in prehistoric Germanic the noun *khlustiz ‘hearing’, which eventually produced the now archaic English verb… …
54listen\ in — v 1. To listen to a radio broadcast. We found them listening in to the president s speech. 2. To listen to the talk of others, often to talk that is not intended for your ears; eavesdrop. When Mary talked to her boyfriend on the telephone, her… …
55listen — verb 1) are you listening? Syn: hear, pay attention, be attentive, attend, concentrate; keep one s ears open, prick up one s ears; informal be all ears, lend an ear; literary hark; archaic hearken 2) policy makers should listen to popular opinion …
56listen — [OE] The Indo European base *kludenoted ‘hearing’ (it is the ultimate source of English loud). From its extended form *kluswere derived in prehistoric Germanic the noun *khlustiz ‘hearing’, which eventually produced the now archaic English verb… …
57listen — 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… …
58listen in — intransitive verb Date: 1905 1. to tune in to or monitor a broadcast 2. to listen to a conversation without participating in it; especially eavesdrop • listener in noun …
59listen to — phr verb Listen to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advice, ↑argument, ↑CD, ↑commentary, ↑conversation, ↑counsel, ↑disc, ↑echo, ↑footstep, ↑gossip, ↑grievance, ↑ …
60listen in — eavesdrop, listen to someone else s conversation …