listen
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.
Example
“Please listen carefully as I explain.”
Other meanings
To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
Related words
- unlistened
- nonlistening
- unlistening
- mislisten
- prelisten
- prooflisten
- pseudolisten
- unlisten
- do a listen
- listenability
- listenable
- listener
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "hlysnan" (to listen).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “listen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.