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Definition listen

Etymology

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 *hlusnijan?, *hlusn?n? (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlus?n? (compare Old High German hlos?n), from Proto-Indo-European *?lew- (“to hear”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (klaí?, “I make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clue? (“I am famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic ??????? (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit ??????? (?ró?ati). Related to loud and German lauschen.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
2. (intransitive) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
3. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
4. (transitive, archaic) To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.

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