listen

Definition for listen

verb as in hear and pay attention

Strongest matches

accept, admit, attend, get, observe, take notice, tune in

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adopt, audit, auscultate, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, hark, harken, hearken, mind, monitor, obey, overhear, receive, welcome

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auscult, be all ears, be attentive, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, hear out, hear tell, lend an ear, pick up on, prick up ears, take advice, take into consideration, take under advisement, tune in on

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When I grew up playing team sports, you listened to the coaches, you listened to people in charge and did what you were told.

From BBC

"We eagerly await more details on the new funding, and hope the government will listen to the needs of students when fine-tuning their plans."

From BBC

But it’s also full of colorful songwriting, of Shires doing tarot with a mermaid, wandering New York listening to Billy Joel or catching her now-former partner behaving nonchalantly on a home security camera.

From Los Angeles Times

I need to spend time walking in locals’ footsteps and listening to their preoccupations.

From Los Angeles Times

I was a teenager when I first started listening to Laboe in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times

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