What does listen in mean?
Definitions for listen in
lis·ten in
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Princeton's WordNet
listen inverb
listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
listen in, eavesdropverb
listen without the speaker's knowledge
"the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
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listen inverb
To listen without participating.
listen inverb
To eavesdrop; to listen secretly.
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listen in
Listen in refers to the act of quietly hearing or secretly paying attention to a conversation or discussion without participating in it. It often implies intentionally trying to hear something that one is not explicitly invited to join.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of listen in in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of listen in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of listen in in a Sentence
The biggest risk is not that the Chinese government might listen in on our conversations or mine our data if we use their equipment.
This is getting ridiculous. If The Court can conduct The Court weekly conferences remotely, which The Court has been doing for weeks, The Court can conduct The Court remaining arguments remotely and allow the public to listen in.
He would sit and listen in meetings, offer an occasional comment. But when it was over, he would go to his boss and tell him this is what we should do.
It's much, much harder to help somebody who's already ill because Michael Caputo're so, as you can read in the newspapers or listen in the media, the manifestations of this disease are many, many different diseases because Michael Caputo depend on your health status to start with.
This is a way to win a battle with Congress, and they knew that this was not something you’re supposed to do. That’s why there was no paper trail or request, that is, I think, a violation of the power of the executive, fearing with legitimate activities and interactions of the Congress and also of pro-advocates who would and should expect with the private communications on behalf of political advocacy is something that the government ought not listen to, listen in on and abuse and that was done.
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