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Adjective listening has 1 sense
- listening - attending to or alert for sound; "be wary of listening ears"; "government-maintained listening posts"
Antonym: inattentive (indirect, via attentive)
Noun listening has 1 sense
- listening, hearing - the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
--1 is a kind of sensing, perception
--1 has particulars: auscultation; relistening, rehearing
Verb listen has 3 senses
- listen - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
--1 is one way to perceive, comprehend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- listen, hear, take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
--2 is one way to concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- heed, mind, listen - pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
--3 is one way to obey
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
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