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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlistenen,listnen, alteration (due toMiddle Englishlisten(“to listen, give heed to”)) ofOld Englishhlysnan(“to listen”), fromProto-Germanic*hlusnijaną,*hlusnōną (compareMiddle High Germanlüsenen), fromProto-Germanic*hlusēną (compareOld High Germanhlosēn), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱlew-(“to hear”).

Cognate withSwedishlyssna(“to listen”).

CompareAncient Greekκλαίω(klaíō,“I make known, famous”),Welshclywed(“to hear”),Latinclueō(“I am famous”),Lithuanianklausýti,Old Church Slavonicслушати(slušati,“to hear”),Sanskritश्रोषति(śróṣati,“an exclamation used in making an offering with fire to the gods or departed spirits”) &Sanskritश्लोक्य(ślókya,“voice, sound, noisy”)).

Related toloud andGermanlauschen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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listen (third-person singular simple presentlistens,present participlelistening,simple past and past participlelistened)

  1. (intransitive except in archaic usage) Touse one's sense ofhearing in anintentional way; to make deliberate use of one'sears; topay attention to orwait for a specific sound.
    Synonyms:heed,mind,note,pay attention,attend
    Antonym:ignore
    Pleaselisten carefully as I explain.
    I could hear you talking upstairs, but I didn’t reallylisten to your conversation.
    • 1906,Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, inChippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co.,→OCLC,page01:
      It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. […]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards,listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
    • 1912 January,Zane Grey, chapter 4, inRiders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London:Harper & Brothers Publishers,→OCLC:
      He reined Wrangle to a walk, halted now and then tolisten, and then proceeded cautiously with shifting and alert gaze.
    • 1921,Ben Travers, chapter 1, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:
      He read the letter aloud. Sophialistened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
    (transitive, archaic)
    Listen the watchman’s cry upon the wall.
    [withto]
    I like tolisten to music.
    [withfor]
    You shouldlisten for the starting gun.
  2. (intransitive) Toacceptadvice orobey instruction; toagree orassent.
    Synonym:mind
    Antonym:disregard
    Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?
    Good childrenlisten to their parents.
    • 1943 November –1944 February (date written; published1945 August 17),George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm […], London:Secker & Warburg, publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:
      Neverlisten when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest […].

Usage notes

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  • In English,listen andhear are two primary verbs relating to audial perception. Tohear most commonly representsautomatic,unconscious, orpassive perception of sound, whilelisten generally representsintentional,conscious, orpurposeful use of the sense of hearing. The difference is expressed in the following quotation:
As the silence took hold in the darkness, Sam realized that she had beenhearing, though notlistening to, various low-level sounds—the hum of air conditioning and life support, the pulse of some faraway oxygen pump, the faint buzz of the electrical and lighting systems. —Justin Richards (1999)Demontage, chapter 5, page 92.
  • A similar distinction exists betweensee andwatch in English.

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Translations

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to pay attention to a sound
to expect or wait for a sound
to accept advice or obey instruction
to hear (something)

Noun

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listen (plurallistens)

  1. An instance of listening.
    Synonym:(of recorded audio)play
    Give the motor alisten and tell me if it sounds off.
    • 2016 March 29, Victor Luckerson, “There's a New Way To Listen To All the Remixes You Want”, inTime‎[2]:
      The diss song, “Back to Back,” now has more than 124 millionlistens, a sign that the streaming can attract a sizable audience for a single track.
    • 2020,Emily Segal,Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books,→ISBN:
      I hadn't spoken to her in a year, but she could still see mylistens on the music platform we both used.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Fromlist +‎-en.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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listen m inan

  1. (botany)bract

Declension

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This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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Danish

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Noun

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listen c

  1. definitesingular ofliste
  2. definitesingular oflist

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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listen

  1. plural oflist

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German

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Etymology

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FromListe +‎-en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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listen (weak,third-person singular presentlistet,past tenselistete,past participlegelistet,auxiliaryhaben)

  1. tolist
    Synonym:auflisten

Conjugation

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Conjugation oflisten (weak, auxiliaryhaben)
infinitivelisten
present participlelistend
past participlegelistet
auxiliaryhaben
indicativesubjunctive
singularpluralsingularplural
presentichlistewirlisteniichlistewirlisten
dulistestihrlistetdulistestihrlistet
erlistetsielistenerlistesielisten
preteriteichlistetewirlisteteniiichlistete1wirlisteten1
dulistetestihrlistetetdulistetest1ihrlistetet1
erlistetesielistetenerlistete1sielisteten1
imperativelist (du)
liste (du)		listet (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.

Composed forms oflisten (weak, auxiliaryhaben)
perfect
singularpluralsingularplural
indicativeichhabegelistetwirhabengelistetsubjunctiveichhabegelistetwirhabengelistet
duhastgelistetihrhabtgelistetduhabestgelistetihrhabetgelistet
erhatgelistetsiehabengelisteterhabegelistetsiehabengelistet
pluperfect
indicativeichhattegelistetwirhattengelistetsubjunctiveichhättegelistetwirhättengelistet
duhattestgelistetihrhattetgelistetduhättestgelistetihrhättetgelistet
erhattegelistetsiehattengelisteterhättegelistetsiehättengelistet
future i
infinitivelistenwerdensubjunctive iichwerdelistenwirwerdenlisten
duwerdestlistenihrwerdetlisten
erwerdelistensiewerdenlisten
indicativeichwerdelistenwirwerdenlistensubjunctive iiichwürdelistenwirwürdenlisten
duwirstlistenihrwerdetlistenduwürdestlistenihrwürdetlisten
erwirdlistensiewerdenlistenerwürdelistensiewürdenlisten
future ii
infinitivegelistethabenwerdensubjunctive iichwerdegelistethabenwirwerdengelistethaben
duwerdestgelistethabenihrwerdetgelistethaben
erwerdegelistethabensiewerdengelistethaben
indicativeichwerdegelistethabenwirwerdengelistethabensubjunctive iiichwürdegelistethabenwirwürdengelistethaben
duwirstgelistethabenihrwerdetgelistethabenduwürdestgelistethabenihrwürdetgelistethaben
erwirdgelistethabensiewerdengelistethabenerwürdegelistethabensiewürdengelistethaben

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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listen m orf

  1. definitemasculinesingular ofliste
  2. definitemasculinesingular oflist

Spanish

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Verb

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listen

  1. inflection oflistar:
    1. third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personpluralimperative

Swedish

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Noun

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listen

  1. definitesingular oflist

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