Meaning

2 senses

  1. To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.

    Please listen carefully as I explain.

    I could hear you talking upstairs, but I didn’t really listen to your conversation.

    hören, zuhören, zuelose

    слу́шатьslúšatʹ, послу́шатьposlúšatʹ, слу́шатьslúšatʹ

    слу́хатиslúxaty, слу́хатиslúxaty, чу́тиčúty

  2. (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.

    hören

    слу́шатьslúšatʹ, слу́шатьсяslúšatʹsja

    слу́хатиslúxaty, послу́хатиposlúxaty, слу́хатися impf reflexiveslúxatysja

More definitions
  • hear with intention
  • listen and pay attention
  • pay close attention to; give heed to

Examples

4623 sentences

  1. Stop talking and listen to me.

    Помовчи та послухай мене. — aandrusiak

    deHör auf zu reden und hör mir zu. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I stopped listening to the radio.

    Я припинила слухати радіо. — deniko

    ruЯ перестал слушать радио. — odexed

    deIch hörte auf, Radio zu hören. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I am listening to the radio.

    Я слухаю радіо. — deniko

    ruЯ слушаю радио. — DiePain

    deIch höre Radio. — fendtwick

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  4. I wasn't listening to the radio.

    Я не слухав радіо. — deniko

    ruЯ не слушал радио. — marafon

    deIch hörte kein Radio. — fendtwick

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  5. Be quiet and listen to me.

    Заспокойся і послухай мене. — deniko

    ruУспокойся и послушай меня. — marafon

    deSei ruhig und hör mir zu. — Zaghawa

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to pay attention to a sound:
to hear (something):
to accept advice or obey instruction:
Русский
By meaning 3
to pay attention to a sound:
to hear (something):
to accept advice or obey instruction:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to pay attention to a sound:
to expect or wait for a sound:

Origin

From Middle English listenen, listnen, alteration (due to Middle English listen (“to liste

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”).

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Forms

listens, listening, listened, listened
Base formlisten · to listen
3rd person singularlistens
Present participlelistening
Past simplelistened
Past participlelistened

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylisten
he, she, itlistens

Past simpleLesson

all personslistened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave listened
he, she, ithas listened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill listen

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms
mindA2noteA1attendB1listB2heedpay attentionbehearearballgive earharkharkenlend an earbe all earslisten close
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
ignoreB1disregardB2

Word family

25 related words
RelatedlistB2obeyB2soundA2listfullistenerlistening
Derivedlistenabilitylistenablelisten afterlistenershiplisten inlistening postlistening stationlisten outlisten upmislistennonlisteningprelistenprooflistenpseudolistenrelistenunlistenunlistenableunlistenedunlistening

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • listening to music
  • to listen to
  • listening to the
  • listen carefully
  • listen to what
  • was listening to
  • listening to classical
  • should've listened to
  • will listen to
  • like to listen
  • and listen to
  • listen carefully to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lisplistA1listenerB2listinglistless
listen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto