listen

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To pay attention to a sound with your ears.

   Please listen carefully as I explain.

2. 2
   verb

   To take notice of advice or do what someone says.

   He never listens to his parents.

3. 3
   noun

   An act of listening to something.

   Give the song a listen and tell me what you think.

Multiword verbs with listen

• listen for Prepositional verb A1

  to pay alert attention in order to hear something expected or hoped for

• listen to Prepositional verb A1

  to pay attention to someone or something producing sound

Appears in

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 *hlusnijaną, *hlusnōną (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną (compare Old High German hlosēn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Swedish lyssna (“to listen”). Compare Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaíō, “to make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clueō (“to be famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati, “an e…

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