Definitions for listening
lis·ten·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

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1. listening(Noun)

   Action of the verb listening

   You can learn a lot from grandparents by listening.

2. 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.

3. listening(Adjective)

   Of something that listens, or is used in order to listen.

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1. Listening

   of Listen

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1. listening

   Verb form of the word listen.

   The listening ear is important as listening is an art.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'listening' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3352

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'listening' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1189

Anagrams for listening »

1. enlisting

2. tinseling

How to pronounce listening?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say listening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of listening in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of listening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of listening in a Sentence

1. Saddam Hussein:

   The spirit of listening and understanding was not there – I don’t exclude Saddam Hussein from this blame.

2. Dorothy Sarnoff:

   Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   China can stop it if they want. If they don't, I think President Trump will, i hope they're listening in North Korea.

4. Brenda Ueland:

   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.

5. Anita Hill:

   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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