Listen

Verb

 * 1)  To pay attention to a sound, to note.
 * Please listen carefully as I explain.
 * I like to listen to music.
 * 1)  To wait for a sound, such as a signal.
 * You should listen for the starting gun.
 * 1)  To accept or obey oral instruction.
 * Good children listen to their parents.
 * 1)  To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
 * 2) *1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:
 * ‘But, sir, lyars ye have lystened, and that hath caused grete debate betwyxte you and me.’
 * 1) * 1592, Shakespeare, 1 Hen VI: v 3
 * Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.

Synonyms

 * attend, give ear, hark, hear, heed, list, mind, note, pay attention
 * await, anticipate, expect, wait for
 * mind, obey
 * hear, mind, heed
 * See also Thesaurus:listen

Antonyms

 * ignore
 * disobey, disregard

Derived terms

 * listenability
 * listenable
 * listener
 * listenership
 * listening


 * listen in
 * listen up
 * listening post
 * listening station

Related terms

 * list
 * listful

Adverbs for Listen
apprehensively; indulgently; intently; attentively; dreamily; compassionately; piously; obediently; intelligently; impassively; reflectively; languidly ; aimlessly; sympathetically; interminably; gratifyingly; raptly.

Thesaurus
NB, attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, bend an ear, bug, cock the ears, eavesdrop, examine by ear, give attention, give audience to, give ear, give ear to, hark, hear, hear out, hearken, hearken to, heed, intercept, lend an ear, listen at, listen in, listen to, mind, obey, pay attention to, sit in on, straitened circumstances, tap, wiretap

Etymology
From listnen:, from  hlysnan:, from  *hlusinon (compare  lüstern:,  luisteren: and  lauschen:), from. Akin to rochluiniur 'I hear',   clueo:,  κλαίω:, κλέος:,  լամ:,  qaj:,  слути:, слѹшати:,  klausau: 'to hear', Middle Persian undefined:,  श्रु:. More at loud.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: dëgjoj, ndëgjoj
 * Amharic:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Anglo-Norman:
 * Arabic: أصغى, نصت, استأنس
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: слухаць
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian:, послушвам , послушам
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano:,  ,
 * Chickasaw: haklo
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kuulama, tähele panema
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Galician:, escoitar ,
 * Georgian: მოსმენა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: lohe
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: hlusta (á)
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabyle: ssefled
 * Khmer: (sdəp)


 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
 * Sorani: گوێ دان
 * Lao:
 * Latin:, , exaudio
 * Latvian: klausīties
 * Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധ (Sraddha), ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക (Sréddhikkuka)
 * Marathi: ऐकणे (aikaNe)
 * Mongolian: сонсох
 * Nahuatl: caqui
 * Neapolitan: sentì, ntennere
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: escotar
 * Ojibwe: babaamendam
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, گوش کردن
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: mamela
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: lyssna på
 * Tagalog: dinig (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan)
 * Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
 * Telugu: ఆలకించు (aalakimcu), వినుట (vinuta)
 * Thai:
 * Tongan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: слухати
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: dëgjo, prit
 * Arabic: (náʂata)
 * Armenian:
 * Bikol:
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ослушвам се (oslúshvam se), ослушам се (oslúsham se) , вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) , вслушам се (vslúsham se) , слушам (slúsham)
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lytte, høre efter
 * Dutch:,  ,
 * Estonian: kuulama, kuulatama
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi:
 * Ibanag: maginna
 * Icelandic: hlusta (eftir)
 * Ilocano:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Ivatan: adngeyen
 * Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
 * Kabyle: ssefled
 * Kapampangan:
 * Korean: 듣다 (deutta)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
 * Sorani: گوێ دان
 * Latin: ausculto, exaudio
 * Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.), óplètte


 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
 * Maguindanao: pakinig
 * Malay: pasang telinga
 * Maranao: makineg, pimakinog
 * Marathi: ऐकणे (aikaNe)
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: escotar
 * Ojibwe: nandotan
 * Pangasinan: ,
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: nasłuchiwać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Sotho: mamela
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dinig (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan)
 * Tamil: மெதுவா கேள் (meduvAkEl)
 * Tausug: dumongog
 * Telugu: ఆలకించు (aalakimcu)
 * Thai:
 * Tongan: fanongo
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: слухати (slúxaty)
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: chờ đợi, chờ, đợi cho
 * Yiddish: הערן (hern)


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: dëgjoj
 * Ancient Greek: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: послушвам (poslúshvam), послушам (poslúsham) , вслушвам се (vslúshvam se) , вслушам се (vslúsham se)
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: patalinghugi
 * Chickasaw: ihaklo
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: høre efter
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: kuulama
 * Faroese: lurta eftir
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: lohe
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hlusta (á)
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
 * Kabyle: ssefled
 * Korean: 듣다 (deutta), 들어주다 (deureojuda)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: guhdarî kirin, guh dan
 * Sorani: گوێ گرتن


 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: klausīt
 * Limburgish: loestere (nao/loc.)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: सांगितलेले ऐकणे (sāngitalele aikaNe)
 * Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: escotar
 * Ojibwe: babaamitam
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: usłuchać, słuchać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, слушаться
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:, poslušati
 * Sotho: mamela
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dinig (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan, makinig)
 * Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
 * Telugu: సమ్మతించు (sammatimcu)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: слухати (slúxaty), послухати (poslúxaty) , слухатися (slúxatysja)  reflexive
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: nghe theo, tuân theo, vâng lời


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: dëgjoj
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: (sámeʕa)
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: чувам (chúvam), чуя (chúya) , слушам (slúsham)
 * Cebuano: patalinghugi
 * Chickasaw: haklo
 * Chinese: (tīng)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kuulma
 * Faroese:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: lohe
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 聞く (きく, kiku)
 * Kabyle: ssefled
 * Khmer: (leu),   (sdəp leu)
 * Korean: 들리다 (deullida)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: guh lê bûn
 * Sorani: گوێ لێبون
 * Sorani: گوێ لێبون


 * Latin:, audio, ausculto
 * Latvian: dzirdēt
 * Limburgish: loestere, heure/huuere
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Marathi: ऐकणे (aikaNe)
 * Neapolitan: sentì
 * Norwegian:
 * Ojibwe: noondaw, bizindaw
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: (šenidan)
 * Polish:, słuchać
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene: slišati
 * Sotho: utlwa
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dinig (dinggin), rinig (narinig)
 * Tamil: கேள் (kEL)
 * Telugu: విను (vinu)
 * Thai: (yin)
 * Tongan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: чути (čúty)
 * Urdu: ,
 * Vietnamese: nghe, để ý đến

Anagrams

 * enlist
 * inlets
 * leints
 * silent
 * tinsel

Noun
listen



Anagrams

 * instel, sintel, stel in