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listen



see also HEAR, SOUND
- to receive sounds with your ears: hear* (sb/sth)
Can you hear that knocking noise? I can't hear you very well - can you speak up a bit?
- to pay attention in order to hear: listen (to sb/sth)
Listen to that noise! I've never heard anything like it! to listen carefully to listen to the radio
- a person who listens, especially to the radio: listener
In this programme, listeners phone in to tell us their opinions. She's a good listener (= she pays attention to you when you are speaking).
- care that you take in listening, watching or thinking about sth: attention (noun U); adjective: attentive (adverb attentively)
May I have your attention, please? My attention wandered after an hour and I didn't hear the end of his speech. a very attentive audience to listen attentively
- to listen, watch, etc with care and concentration: pay* attention (to sb/sth)
Could you please pay attention to what I'm saying?
- to listen secretly to other people's conversation: eavesdrop (on sb/sth), listen in (on/to sth); a person who does this: eavesdropper
to eavesdrop on sb's phone calls I love to listen in to the children's conversation when they are playing.
※—† not listening
- to pay no attention to sb/sth: ignore sb/sth, take* no notice (of sb/sth)
We ignored the fire alarm because we thought it was a test. Take no notice of John - he doesn't mean to be rude.
- to decide to stop paying attention: (informal) switch off
I didn't hear what he said next because I had already switched off.
※—† MORE ...
- to listen to sth particularly carefully: prick up your ears
He pricked up his ears when he heard the word 'money'.
- if you listen to sth but you then ignore it or quickly forget it, it (informal) goes* in one ear and out the other
It's a waste of time telling Dad what to buy - it'll just go in one ear and out the other.
- to use a tiny, hidden microphone to listen to what other people say: bug sth; this kind of microphone: bug
Don't say anything - this room is bugged! to plant a bug (= to put one in a place)

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