listening

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/ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/

adj 3noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

asleep, due, interested, many, poor, sick, slow, still

Many people were listening to the radio while driving home from work.

VERB + LISTENING

am, enjoys, fell, hearing, like, made, sat, worth

I really like listening to podcasts while I'm cooking dinner.

LISTENING + NOUN

complaints, device, habits, music, person, radio, speaker

My teenage daughter has developed terrible listening habits and never puts her phone down at dinner.

PREP.

in, toward, up, with

She leaned forward, listening intently toward the sound coming from the dark hallway.

ADV.

carefully

She was listening carefully to every word her grandmother said about the family history.

Definitions

adj

Of something or someone that listens.

Any listening person can tell she's lying.

Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.

He could hear better when he used his listening device.

Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.

The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.

noun

An act by which something or somebody is listened to.

This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.

It is an album that rewards multiple listenings.

An educational exercise involving listening.

OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.

Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.

You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.

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Synonyms

noun — the act of hearing attentively

hearing

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Any listening person can tell she's lying.

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He could hear better when he used his listening device.

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The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.

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This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.

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It is an album that rewards multiple listenings.

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OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.

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