listen

What is the Definition of listen?

Verb:

  1. hear with intention
  2. listen and pay attention
  3. pay close attention to; give heed to

How can I use listen in a sentence?

I told you I would read the name somewhere before, I read it on the train coming here — listen to this: ‘Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel'!

Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry, his glasses dangling from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.

Listen — come an' see me later, I am not promisin' I will tell yeh anythin', mind, but don' go rabbitin' about it in here, students aren' s'pposed ter know.

Right then, said Hagrid, now, listen carefully, ‘cause it is dangerous what we are gonna do tonight, an' I don' want no one takin' risks.

Even Ron would tell anyone who'd listen about the time he would almost hit a hang glider on Charlie's old broom.


Other meanings of listen (synonyms, cognates).


ENRU
listen
  • слушать
listen in
  • подслуш(ив) ать (to *В)
  • слушать радио
listened
  • слушать
listener
  • слушатель
listening
  • слушать
  • слушание


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