Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.

    Zuhörer, Zuhörerin

    слу́шательslúšatelʹ, слу́шательницаslúšatelʹnica

    слуха́чsluxáč, слуха́чкаsluxáčka

    someone who listens attentively

  2. A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

    Beobachter

  3. (slang)A person's ear.

  4. (formal)A musical anthology.

Examples

83 sentences
  1. Tom is a good listener.

    Том вміє слухати.

    ruТом умеет слушать.

    deTom kann gut zuhören.

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  2. Tom is such a sympathetic listener.

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  3. Tom is a really great listener.

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  4. I want to become a good listener.

    ruЯ хочу стать хорошим слушателем.

    deIch möchte ein guter Zuhörer werden.

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  5. Tom is a good listener, isn't he?

    ruТом умеет слушать, правда?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
someone who listens:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who listens:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
someone who listens:
computing, programming: a function that runs in response to an event:

Forms

plural: listeners
Singularlistener
Plurallisteners

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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