Found 4 items, similar to Listening.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: listening
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: listen
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: listening
listening
adj : attending to or alert for sound;
“be wary of listening
ears”;
“government-maintained listening posts”
n : the act of hearing attentively;
“you can learn a lot by just
listening”;
“they make good music--you should give them a
hearing” [syn:
hearing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Listening
Listen
\Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Listened
(l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Listening.] [OE. listnen,
listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing,
OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to
wait in suspense, OHG. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and
E. loud. [root]41. See
Loud, and cf.
List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to
give ear; to hearken; to attend.
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When we have occasion to listen, and give a more
particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is
drawn to a more than ordinary tension. --Holder.
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2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to
obey.
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Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson.
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To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
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Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines;
scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and
professors. --Fuller.
Syn: To attend; hearken. See
Attend.
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