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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

lisen (obsolete)
lis’en (informal)
lissen (informal)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English listenen, listnen, alteration (due to Middle English listen (“to listen, give heed to”)) of Old English hlysnan (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną, *hlusnōną (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną (compare Old High German hlosēn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”) (compare Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaíō, “I make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clueō (“I am famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati). Related to loud and German lauschen.

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: lĭs’ən, lĭs’n, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪs.ən/, [ˈlɪs.n̩]
Rhymes: -ɪsən
Hyphenation: lis‧ten

Verb[edit]

listen (third-person singular simple present listens, present participle listening, simple past and past participle listened)

(intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.

Please listen carefully as I explain. I like to listen to music.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:
  
  He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
(intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.

You should listen for the starting gun.
- 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
  
  It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. […]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
- He reined Wrangle to a walk, halted now and then to listen, and then proceeded cautiously with shifting and alert gaze.
(intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.

Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK? Good children listen to their parents.
(transitive, archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Book XX:
  
  ‘But, sir, lyars ye have lystened, and that hath caused grete debate betwyxte you and me.’
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
  
  Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
- 1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
  
  Here laid his Scrip, with wholesome Viands fill’d, / There, listening every Noise, his watchful Dog.

Usage notes[edit]

In English, listen and hear are two primary verbs relating to audial perception. To hear represents automatic, unconscious, or passive perception of sound, while listen generally represents intentional, conscious, or purposeful use of the sense of hearing. The difference is expressed in the following quotation:

As the silence took hold in the darkness, Sam realized that she had been hearing, though not listening to, various low-level sounds—the hum of air conditioning and life support, the pulse of some faraway oxygen pump, the faint buzz of the electrical and lighting systems. —Justin Richards (1999) Demontage, chapter 5, page 92.

A similar distinction exists between see and watch in English.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:listen.

Synonyms[edit]

(to pay attention): attend, behear, give ear, hark, hear, heed, list, mind, note, pay attention
(to expect or wait for a sound): await, anticipate, expect, wait for
(to accept advice or instruction): agree, assent, hearken, mind, obey
(to hear): hear, mind, heed
See also Thesaurus:listen

Antonyms[edit]

(to pay attention): ignore
(to accept advice or instruction): disobey, disregard

Coordinate terms[edit]

speak
talk

Derived terms[edit]

listen in
listen up
listenability
listenable
listener
listenership
listening
listening post
listening station
relisten
unlistenable
unlistening

[edit]

list
listful

Translations[edit]

to pay attention to a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af)
Albanian: dëgjoj (sq), ndëgjoj
Amharic: ማዳመጥ (madamäṭ)
Arabic: أَصْغَى‎ (ʔaṣḡā), أَنْصَتَ‎ (ʔanṣata), اِسْتَمَعَ‎ (ar) (istamaʕa), سَمِعَ‎ (ar) (samiʕa)

Egyptian Arabic: سمع‎ (simiʿ)

Moroccan Arabic: سمع‎ (ar) (smaʿ)

South Levantine Arabic: سمع‎ (simiʿ)
Aragonese: ascuitar (an)
Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel)
Aromanian: ascultu
Assamese: শুনা (xuna)
Asturian: escuchar (ast)
Azerbaijani: dinləmək (az), qulaq asmaq
Bashkir: тыңлау (tıŋlaw), (Eastern) тыңдау (tıŋdaw)
Basque: entzun, aditu
Belarusian: слу́хаць impf (slúxacʹ), паслу́хаць pf (paslúxacʹ)
Bengali: শোনা (bn) (śōna)
Bikol Central: himati (bcl)
Breton: selaou (br)
Bulgarian: слу́шам (bg) impf (slúšam)
Burmese: နားထောင် (my) (na:htaung)
Catalan: escoltar (ca)
Cebuano: dungog (pagdungog), mamati (pagpamati), paminaw (pagpaminaw)
Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏓᏍᏗᎭ (advdasdiha)
Chickasaw: haklo
Chinese:

Cantonese: 聽／听 (teng¹, ting¹)

Dungan: тин (tin)

Mandarin: 聽／听 (zh) (tīng)
Chuvash: итле (itle)
Cimbrian: lusan
Czech: poslouchat (cs) impf, poslechnout (cs) pf
Danish: lytte
Dutch: luisteren (nl)
Esperanto: aŭskulti
Estonian: kuulama, tähele panema
Evenki: до̄лды̄мӣ (dōldīmī), до̄лды̄н (dōldīn)
Faroese: lurta
Finnish: kuunnella (fi)
Franco-Provençal: acutar
French: écouter (fr)
Friulian: scoltâ
Galician: atender (gl), escoitar, oír (gl)
Gallurese: iscultà
Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena), სმენა (smena), გაგონება (gagoneba)
German: hören (de), zuhören (de)

Alemannic German: zuelose
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan)
Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo)

Ancient: ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai), ἀκούω (akoúō)
Haitian Creole: koute
Hadza: exekeke
Hawaiian: hoʻolohe
Hebrew: הִקְשִׁיב‎ (he) (hikshív), הֶאֱזִין‎ (he) (he’ezín)
Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
Hungarian: hallgat (hu), figyel (hu)
Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is))
Ido: askoltar (io)
Indonesian: dengar (id), mendengar (id)
Interlingua: ascoltar
Irish: éist
Istriot: scoltà
Italian: ascoltare (it)
Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku)
Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
Kabyle: ssefled
Kannada: ಆಲಿಸು (kn) (ālisu)
Kashmiri: بوزُن‎ (bōzun)
Kashubian: czëc
Kazakh: тыңдау (kk) (tyñdau), есіту (kk) (esıtu)
Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (km) (sdap)
Kongo: kuwa
Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: گوێ دان‎ (gwê dan)

Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku)
Kyrgyz: угуу (ky) (uguu), тыңшоо (tıŋşoo), тыңдоо (tıŋdoo)
Ladin: scuter
Lao: ຟັງ (fang)
Latgalian: klauseitīs
Latin: auscultō, audiō (la), exaudio
Latvian: klausīties
Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao/loc.)
Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
Livonian: kūldõ
Lombard: ascoltà
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: слуша impf (sluša)
Malay: dengar (ms)
Malayalam: കേൾക്കുക (ml) (kēḷkkuka)
Maltese: issamma
Manchu: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (donjimbi)
Maori: whakaoko, whakarongo, whakataringa
Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe)
Middle English: listnen
Mongolian: чагнах (mn) (čagnax), сонсох (mn) (sonsox)
Nahuatl: caqui (nah)
Nanai: до̄лди-
Neapolitan: sentì, ntennere
Norman: êcouter
Northern Ohlone: taahe
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: lytte (no)
Occitan: escotar (oc)
Ojibwe: babaamendam
Old Church Slavonic:

Cyrillic: слушати impf (slušati)
Old East Slavic: слꙋшати impf (slušati)
Old English: hlystan, ġehīeran
Old French: escouter, esculter
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀‎ (tïŋla-)
Oriya: ଶୁଣିବା (or) (śuṇiba)
Oroqen: dɔ꞉ldi-
Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك‎ (diŋlemek)
Papiamentu: skucha
Pashto: غوږ نيول‎ (ğwag niwəl)
Pennsylvania German: hariche
Persian: نیوشیدن‎ (fa) (niyušidan), گوش دادن‎ (fa) (guš dâdan), گوش کردن‎ (fa) (guš kardan)
Phuthi: mamela
Polish: słuchać (pl) impf
Portuguese: escutar (pt)
Quechua: uyariy
Romanian: asculta (ro)
Romansch: tadlar, audi, tedlar, tarlar, tadler
Russian: слу́шать (ru) impf (slúšatʹ), послу́шать (ru) pf (poslúšatʹ)
Sanskrit: शृणोति (sa) (śṛṇoti)
Sardinian: aiscultare, aiscurtare, ascultare

Campidanese: ascurtai

Logudorese: ascurtare, iscultare, iscurtare
Sassarese: iscultà
Scottish Gaelic: èisd, èist
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: слу̏шати impf, по̀слушати pf

Roman: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Sicilian: ascutari (scn)
Sinhalese: ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා (æhumkan denawā), අහනවා (ahanawā)
Slovak: počúvať impf, poslúchnuť pf
Slovene: poslušati (sl) impf
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: słuchaś impf

Upper Sorbian: słušeć impf, роsłuсhаć pf
Sotho: mamela (st)
Spanish: escuchar (es)
Swahili: kusikiza (sw), kusikiliza
Swedish: lyssna (sv)
Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna)
Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan), makinig
Tajik: гӯш додан (güš dodan), гӯш кардан (tg) (güš kardan)
Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ)
Tatar: тыңларга (tıñlarga)
Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (ālakiñcu), వినుట (te) (vinuṭa)
Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
Tibetan: གསོན་པ (gson pa)
Tok Pisin: harim
Tongan: fanongo
Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
Turkmen: diňlemek
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎓 (šmʿ)
Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty)
Urdu: سننا‎ (sunnā)
Uzbek: tinglamoq (uz), eshitmoq (uz)
Venetian: scoltar (vec)
Vietnamese: nghe (vi), lắng nghe (vi)
Welsh: gwrando (cy)
West Frisian: harkje
Xhosa: mamela
Yiddish: הערן‎ (hern), צוהערן‎ (tsuhern)
Zhuang: dingh, nyi
Zulu: lalela

to expect or wait for a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af)
Albanian: dëgjo, prit
Arabic: أَنْصَتَ‎ (ʔanṣata)
Armenian: ականջ դնել (hy) (akanǰ dnel)
Asturian: escuchar (ast)
Basque: entzun
Bikol Central: ^{(please verify)} dengogen
Bulgarian: ослу́швам се (oslúšvam se), вслу́швам се (vslúšvam se)
Catalan: escoltar (ca)
Cebuano: (paminawa)
Czech: naslouchat (cs)
Danish: lytte, høre efter
Dutch: luisteren (nl), opletten (nl)
Estonian: kuulama, kuulatama
Faroese: lurta
Finnish: kuunnella (fi)
French: tendre l’oreille (fr), guetter (fr)
Galician: escoitar
Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena)
German: lauschen (de)
Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian)
Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
Ibanag: maginna
Icelandic: hlusta (is) (eftir (is))
Ilocano: agdengngeg, denggen, dumngeg
Italian: stare in ascolto per, sentire (it)
Ivatan: adngeyen
Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku)
Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
Kabyle: ssefled
Kapampangan: makiramdam
Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: گوێ دان‎ (gwê dan)

Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku)
Latgalian: klauseitīs
Latin: ausculto, exaudio
Latvian: klausīties
Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao/loc.), óplètte
Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
Maguindanao: pakinig
Malay: pasang telinga
Maranao: makineg, pimakinog
Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe)
Norwegian: lytte (no)
Occitan: escotar (oc)
Ojibwe: nandotan
Old English: hlosnian
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pangasinan: odengel, pakanggel
Pashto: غوږ نيول‎ (ğwag niwəl)
Polish: nasłuchiwać
Portuguese: escutar (pt)
Romanian: asculta (ro)
Russian: слу́шать (ru) impf (slúšatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: èisd
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: слушати impf, послушати pf

Roman: slušati (sh) impf, poslušati (sh) pf
Slovak: načúvať
Sotho: mamela (st)
Spanish: escuchar (es)
Swahili: sikiza (sw)
Swedish: lyssna (sv)
Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan)
Tamil: மெதுவா கேள் (metuvā kēḷ)
Tausug: dumongog
Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (ālakiñcu)
Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
Tongan: fanongo
Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty)
Urdu: سننا‎ (sunnā)
Vietnamese: chờ đợi (vi), chờ (vi), đợi cho
Yiddish: הערן‎ (hern)

to accept advice or obey instruction

Afrikaans: luister (af)
Albanian: dëgjoj (sq)
Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō), εἰσακούω (eisakoúō)
Arabic: أَطَاعَ‎ (ʔaṭāʕa)
Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel), ենթարկվել (hy) (entʿarkvel)
Asturian: escuchar (ast)
Basque: aditu, kasu egin, jaramon egin
Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) (otstǎ́pvam)
Catalan: escoltar (ca)
Cebuano: patalinghugi
Chickasaw: ihaklo
Czech: poslouchat (cs)
Danish: høre efter
Dutch: gehoorzamen (nl), luisteren (nl)
Estonian: kuulama
Faroese: lurta eftir
Finnish: kuunnella (fi), uskoa (fi)
French: écouter (fr)
Galician: atender (gl), oír (gl)
Gallurese: iscultà
German: hören (de)
Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo)
Hawaiian: lohe
Hebrew: הקשיב‎ (he) (hikshív), האזין‎ (he) (he’ezín)
Hiligaynon: pamati
Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā)
Hungarian: hallgat (hu)
Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is))
Indonesian: mendengarkan (id)
Italian: dare (it) ascolto (it), dar retta
Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku)
Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
Kabyle: ssefled
Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (sdap)
Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda), 들어주다 (ko) (deureojuda)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: گوێ گرتن‎ (gwê girtin)

Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku)
Latgalian: klauseit
Latin: auscultō, audiō (la)
Latvian: klausīt
Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao/loc.)
Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
Malay: dengar (ms)
Marathi: सांगितलेले ऐकणे (sāṅgitlele aikṇe)
Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a
Norman: êcouter
Norwegian: lystre (no)
Occitan: escotar (oc)
Ojibwe: babaamitam
Old English: ġehīeran, ġehīersumian
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك‎ (diŋlemek)
Pashto: غوږ نيول‎ (ğwag niwəl)
Polish: usłuchać, słuchać (pl)
Portuguese: ouvir (pt)
Romanian: asculta (ro)
Russian: слу́шать (ru) (slúšatʹ), слу́шаться (ru) (slúšatʹsja)
Sardinian:

Campidanese: ascurtai

Logudorese: ascurtare, iscultare, iscurtare
Sassarese: iscultà
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: слушати impf, послушати pf

Roman: slušati (sh) impf, poslušati (sh) pf
Slovak: poslúchať
Slovene: ubogati (sl), poslušati (sl)
Sotho: mamela (st)
Spanish: escuchar (es)
Swahili: sikiza (sw)
Swedish: lyda (sv)
Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan, makinig)
Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ)
Telugu: సమ్మతించు (te) (sammatiñcu)
Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
Tibetan: ཉན (nyan)
Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty), послу́хати pf (poslúxaty), слу́хатися impf (slúxatysja) reflexive
Urdu: سننا‎ (sunnā)
Vietnamese: nghe theo, tuân theo, vâng lời (vi)

to hear (something)

Afrikaans: hoor (af)
Albanian: dëgjoj (sq)
Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō)
Arabic: سَمِعَ‎ (ar) (samiʕa)

Egyptian Arabic: سمع‎ (semeʿ)
Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel)
Basque: entzun, aditu
Bulgarian: чу́вам (bg) impf (čúvam), слу́шам (bg) impf (slúšam)
Cebuano: patalinghugi
Chickasaw: haklo
Chinese:

Mandarin: 聽／听 (zh) (tīng)
Czech: slyšet (cs)
Dutch: horen (nl)
Egyptian: (sḏm)
Esperanto: aŭskulti
Estonian: kuulma (et)
Faroese: hoyra (fo)
Finnish: kuulla (fi)
French: écouter (fr)
Galician: oír (gl)
German: hören (de)
Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo)
Hawaiian: lohe
Hebrew: שמע‎ (he) (shama)
Hiligaynon: pamati
Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā), कान लगाना (kān lagānā)
Hungarian: hallgat (hu)
Icelandic: hlusta (is), heyra (is)
Irish: éist
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: sentire (it)
Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku)
Kabuverdianu: obi, uví
Kabyle: ssefled
Khmer: ឮ (km) (leu), ស្ដាប់ឮ (sdəp leu)
Korean: 들리다 (ko) (deullida)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: گوێ لێبون‎ (gwê lêbun)

Northern Kurdish: guh lê bûn (ku)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latgalian: dzierdēt
Latin: exaudiō, audio (la), ausculto
Latvian: dzirdēt
Limburgish: loestere (li), heure (li), huuere (li)
Lithuanian: girdėti (lt)
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Malay: dengar (ms)
Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe)
Neapolitan: sentì
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: høre (no)
Ojibwe: bizindaw
Pashto: اورول‎ (awrawəl)
Persian: شنیدن‎ (fa) (šenidan)
Polish: wysłuchać (pl), słuchać (pl)
Portuguese: escutar (pt), ouvir (pt)
Romanian: asculta (ro)
Russian: слы́шать (ru) (slýšatʹ), услы́шать (ru) pf (uslýšatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cluinn
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: чути

Roman: čuti (sh)
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: počuť, slyšať
Slovene: slišati (sl)
Sotho: utlwa (st)
Spanish: oír (es)
Swahili: sikiza (sw)
Swedish: lyssna (sv)
Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), rinig (narinig)
Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ)
Telugu: విను (te) (vinu)
Thai: ยิน (th) (yin)
Tocharian B: klyaus-
Tok Pisin: harim
Tongan: fanongo
Turkish: duymak (tr)
Ukrainian: чу́ти (uk) pf (čúty)
Urdu: سننا‎ (sunnā), کان لگانا‎ (kān lagānā)
Vietnamese: nghe (vi), để ý đến
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Noun[edit]

listen (plural listens)

An instance of listening.

Synonym: (of recorded audio) play

Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
- 2016 March 29, Victor Luckerson, “There’s a New Way To Listen To All the Remixes You Want”, in Time‎^[3]:
  
  The diss song, “Back to Back,” now has more than 124 million listens, a sign that the streaming can attract a sizable audience for a single track.

Anagrams[edit]

ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, enlist, inlets, leints, lets in, silent, tinsel

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From list +‎ -en.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈlɪstɛn]

Noun[edit]

listen m inan

(botany) bract

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

listen c

definite singular of liste
definite singular of list

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Pronunciation[edit]

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listen

Plural form of list

Anagrams[edit]

instel, sintel, stel in

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Liste +‎ -en.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈlɪstn̩]
Hyphenation: lis‧ten
Homophone: Listen

Verb[edit]

listen (weak, third-person singular present listet, past tense listete, past participle gelistet, auxiliary haben)

to list

Synonym: auflisten

Conjugation[edit]

Composed forms of listen (weak, auxiliary haben)

Derived terms[edit]

auflisten

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Liste f

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

lista

Noun[edit]

listen m or f

definite masculine singular of liste
definite masculine singular of list

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listen

inflection of listar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

listen

definite singular of list.

Anagrams[edit]

linets, litens, sliten, stilen

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verb (used without object)

to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.

to pay attention; heed; obey (often followed by to): Children don’t always listen to their parents.

to wait attentively for a sound (usually followed by for): to listen for sounds of their return.

Informal. to convey a particular impression to the hearer; sound: The new recording doesn’t listen as well as the old one.

verb (used with object)

Archaic. to give ear to; hear.

Verb Phrases

listen in,

to listen to a radio or television broadcast: Listen in tomorrow for the names of the lottery winners.
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop: Someone was listening in to his private calls.

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See, everybody says they want to be heard. But, in actuality, they want to be listened to.

Origin of listen

before 950; Middle English lis(t)nen, Old English hlysnan; cognate with Middle High German lüsenen, Swedish lyssna; akin to list⁵

synonym study for listen

OTHER WORDS FROM listen

lis·ten·er, nounre·lis·ten, verbun·lis·ten·ing, adjective

Words nearby listen

listed building, listed company, listed security, listee, listel, listen, listenable, listener, listenership, listen in, listening post

Words related to listen

accept, admit, attend, get, observe, tune in, adopt, audit, auscultate, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, hark, harken, hearken, mind, monitor, obey, overhear

How to use listen in a sentence

About a dozen attendees, socially distanced across the backyard, listened.
The real skill is pattern recognition over time of who is actually useful for good information — knowing who to listen to and for what.
Instead, I took to spending whole days in the wetland, watching and listening.
As always, thanks for the feedback and thanks for listening.

Even Spotify only shows you speed options when you’re listening to podcasts.
But if you listen to our leaders, they weren’t the real targets here.
What an amazing thing to be able to listen to any music you want, a whole world of bands.
One of the rites of passage for every young political reporter is to listen to the elders tell stories about campaigns past.
But then I thought about the feedback I get from fans, yes we do listen to you, and thought why not?
Why would they listen to the radio when they can see the outside world?
But he walked up and down the room and forced himself to listen, though he could scarcely bear it, I could see.
Shopkeepers ran out of their shops, housewives craned over their balconies to listen to him.
I am always astonished, amazed and delighted afresh, and even as I listen I can hardly believe that the man can play so!
No one would listen to him but old Monsieur Farival, who went into convulsions over the droll story.
I knew, further, that Sunday could not be a day of rest for her, for of all his people she would have to listen to his preaching.

British Dictionary definitions for listen

verb (intr)

to concentrate on hearing something

to take heed; pay attentionI told you many times but you wouldn’t listen

Derived forms of listen

listener, noun

Word Origin for listen

Old English hlysnan; related to Old High German lūstrēn

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Hear means to perceive a sound with your ears. Hear is a verb, related words are hears, heard, hearing. Hear is derived from the Old English word heran. To hear something does not necessarily mean that any attention is given to the thing heard, hearing is a passive action. Hear is one of the top one thousand most frequently used words in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Listen means to take notice of a sound or what is being said. Listen is a verb, related words are listens, listened, listening. Listen is derived from the Old English word hlysnan. To listen means that one is paying attention to the thing heard, listening is an active action. Listen is also one of the one thousand most frequently used words in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Examples

MANCHESTER UNITED’S players were so furious with their first-half performance against Liverpool yesterday their opponents could hear them arguing in the dressing room. (The Daily Express)

Then came the mass exodus: Dozens of people fleeing the upper-level seats behind Trump in search of a spot where they could hear him. (The Washington Post)

Careful, He Might Hear You, the 1983 adaptation of Australian-American author Sumner Locke Elliott’s novel (which won the Miles Franklin award) is a superb example of bold and inventive cinematography deeply tuned to themes and subtext. (The Guardian)

Flood envoy – Government will listen to Yorkshire pleas for help (The Halifax Courier)

“Even smart people, if they don’t listen to their body, might not bounce back” as quickly from adversity, he said, as someone who is more attuned to his or her physiology. (The New York Times)

I am voting for Ted because he will truly listen to the people of our city when they speak; he won’t just pretend to listen and then do whatever he feels regardless of what was actually said. (The Modesto Bee)

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Verb

I listened as hard as I could, but I couldn’t hear a word of what he said over all that noise.

She listened with interest as he told her about his travels.

She tried to warn him of the dangers, but he wouldn’t listen.

Recent Examples on the Web

But someone who’s into you will always actively listen.

—Leah Campano, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023

To get their buy-in, experts said, the CEO will need to truly listen to the issues and make sure his leadership team helps to enact change.

—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023

There are a lot of people who want to listen to music with Cantonese lyrics so there are multiple markets.

—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2023

But Rothstein emphasizes that the town halls are not only about Carroll County government, but also are intended to listen to what residents of District 5 have to say.

—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023

Wednesday night, more than 40 cars with about 60 parents and children met in front of the high school to listen to three parents who lost their children to fentanyl.

—María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023

Put on my transistor, put in my earphones, and listen to him take me away.

—Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023

Make sure to listen to EW’s Dagobah Dispatch podcast for a full breakdown of every Mandalorian episode as well as interviews with cast members Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, and more.

—Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023

But the twosome, wary of being influenced, didn’t want to listen to the original.

—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023

Let Morgan transport you to a whole new world in the EW exclusive first listen of the audiobook above.

—Jessica Leon, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023

The song’s co-writer, Bruce Broughton, a previous nominee for his Silverado score and a former Academy governor, sent an email to members of the Academy’s music branch asking them to give the song a listen.

—Donald Liebenson, Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023

So his views on storytelling are well worth a good listen.

—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023

Playing our new record and giving our fans an exclusive first listen on this tour was an absolute joy.

—Tigirlily Gold, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2023

Check out Obama’s full 2022 playlist below and give it a listen on Spotify.

—Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Dec. 2022

On first listen, Homosexual (out Friday through Powdered Sugar Productions) sounds like an ecstatic nostalgia trip — diving into early-2000s dance-pop with wild abandon, Hayes sounds like a man pursuing escapism in its purest, queerest form.

—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2022

Healthcare companies and hospital systems can advance this work by creating a platform for marginalized groups to share their experiences–and making sure those in positions of power listen.

—Paul Hudson, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023

It’s always a good listen, but particularly so on a Monday.

—Kris Holt, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023

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Prefixes of listen

glisten
- noun the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  glister; scintillation; glitter; sparkle.
- verb be shiny, as if wet
  shine; glint; glitter; gleam.
  - His eyes were glistening
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Suffixes of listen

listening
- noun the act of hearing attentively
  hearing.
  - you can learn a lot by just listening
  - they make good music—you should give them a hearing
- verb hear with intention
  listen.
  - Listen to the sound of this cello
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listen
- verb hear with intention
  - Listen to the sound of this cello
- verb listen and pay attention
  take heed; hear.
  - Listen to your father
  - We must hear the expert before we make a decision
- More ‘listen’ Meaning
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listener
- noun someone who listens attentively
  hearer; auditor; attender.
- More ‘listener’ Meaning
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listener
- noun someone who listens attentively
  hearer; auditor; attender.
- More ‘listener’ Meaning
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listen
- verb hear with intention
  - Listen to the sound of this cello
- verb listen and pay attention
  take heed; hear.
  - Listen to your father
  - We must hear the expert before we make a decision
- More ‘listen’ Meaning
- listens Associated Words
- listens Prefix/Suffix Words
- listens Related Words
listening
- noun the act of hearing attentively
  hearing.
  - you can learn a lot by just listening
  - they make good music—you should give them a hearing
- verb hear with intention
  listen.
  - Listen to the sound of this cello
- More ‘listening’ Meaning
- listenings Associated Words
- listenings Related Words

Derived words of listen

glistening
- adjective satellite reflecting light
  lustrous; sheeny; glossy; shiny; shining.
  - glistening bodies of swimmers
  - the horse’s glossy coat
  - lustrous auburn hair
  - saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet
  - shining white enamel
- verb be shiny, as if wet
  shine; glint; glitter; glisten; gleam.
  - His eyes were glistening
- More ‘glistening’ Meaning
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glisten
- noun the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  glister; scintillation; glitter; sparkle.
- verb be shiny, as if wet
  shine; glint; glitter; gleam.
  - His eyes were glistening
- More ‘glisten’ Meaning
- glistened Associated Words
- glistened Related Words
glisten
- noun the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  glister; scintillation; glitter; sparkle.
- verb be shiny, as if wet
  shine; glint; glitter; gleam.
  - His eyes were glistening
- More ‘glisten’ Meaning
- glistens Associated Words
- glistens Related Words

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VIDEO FOR LISTEN

What Is The Difference Between The Words «Hear» And «Listen»?

Origin of listen

synonym study for listen

OTHER WORDS FROM listen

Words nearby listen

Words related to listen

How to use listen in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for listen

Derived forms of listen

Word Origin for listen

Prefixes of listen

glisten

Suffixes of listen

listening

listen

listener

listener

listen

listening

Derived words of listen

glistening

glisten

glisten

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