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listen

Definition for listen

verb as in hear and pay attention

Strongest matches

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

Strong matches

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

Weak matches

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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“I didn’t even know the race of any person I was listening to,” she says.

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“Nobody listens to me,” Block was quoted as saying in an interview given to the union’s news site.

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Calling for diplomatic efforts to free the couple to be stepped up, Bennett added: "I listened to story after story of families begging for action while their loved ones disappear into this diplomatic void."

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Could he zone out and listen to the entire Dylan catalog?

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When Whitten started working with a new client, he first listened to their music.

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