What does listening mean?
Definitions for listening
lis·ten·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word listening.
Princeton's WordNet
listening, hearing(noun)
the act of hearing attentively
"you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
Wiktionary
listening(Noun)
Action of the verb listening
You can learn a lot from grandparents by listening.
listening(Noun)
Skill or ability for nonnatives of English language of perceiving spoken English.
You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.
listening(Adjective)
Of something that listens, or is used in order to listen.
Webster Dictionary
Listening
of Listen
Editors Contribution
listening
Verb form of the word listen.
The listening ear is important as listening is an art.
Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'listening' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3352
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'listening' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1189
Anagrams for listening »
enlisting
tinseling
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of listening in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of listening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of listening in a Sentence
The spirit of listening and understanding was not there – I don’t exclude Saddam Hussein from this blame.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
China can stop it if they want. If they don't, I think President Trump will, i hope they're listening in North Korea.
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.
We have been listening to presidential debates and I have been trying to keep track, but I haven't heard one question about gender violence posed to the candidates. That needs to be addressed, i think this is something that we need to be raising awareness about. If you go to a town hall and you're in a primary state, I hope you'll raise your hand and ask the candidates what they're going to do about gender violence.
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