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listen
Overview of verb listen
The verb listen has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (60) listen -- (hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello")
2. (34) listen, hear, take heed -- (listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision")
3. (4) heed, mind, listen -- (pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men")
Grep of noun listen
glisten
listener
listening
listening watch
Antonyms of verb listen
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb listen
3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
=> perceive, comprehend
Also See> listen in#2
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
=> obey
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb listen
2 of 3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
=> hear out
=> listen in
=> attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
=> hark, harken, hearken
=> listen in, eavesdrop
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
=> incline
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb listen
3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
=> perceive, comprehend
Also See> listen in#2
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
=> obey
'Cause To' of verb listen
Derived Forms of verb listen
3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
RELATED TO>(noun) listener#1
=> hearer, listener, auditor, attender
RELATED TO>(noun) listening#1
=> listening, hearing
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
RELATED TO>(noun) listener#1
=> hearer, listener, auditor, attender
RELATED TO>(noun) listening#1
=> listening, hearing
Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
RELATED TO>(noun) listening#1
=> listening, hearing
Domain of verb listen
Domain Terms of verb listen
Familiarity of verb listen
listen used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb listen
3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb listen
3 senses of listen
Sense 1
listen
> perceive, comprehend
=> feel, sense
=> apperceive
=> pick up, receive
=> divine
=> hallucinate
=> misperceive
=> catch, pick up
=> dream
=> hurt, ache, suffer
=> smell
=> touch
=> see
=> sight
=> hear
=> listen
=> taste
=> find
=> see through
Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
=> steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
=> recall
=> think
=> zoom in
=> listen, hear, take heed
Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
> obey
=> comply, follow, abide by
=> take orders
=> heed, mind, listen
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb listen
Sense 1
listen
=> perceive, comprehend
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Sense 2
listen, hear, take heed
=> concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
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Sense 3
heed, mind, listen
=> obey
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Grep of verb listen
glisten
listen
listen in
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