'Listening' definitions:
Definition of 'listening'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing" [syn: listening, hearing]
Definition of 'Listening'
From: GCIDE
- Listen \Lis"ten\ (l[i^]s"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened (l[i^]s"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlos[=e]n to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. [root]41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.]
- 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [1913 Webster]
- When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [1913 Webster]
- Listen to me, and by me be ruled. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. --Fuller.
- Syn: To attend; hearken. See Attend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'listening'
From: GCIDE
- listening \listening\ n. the act of hearing attentively.
- Syn: hearing. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'listening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all ears,
- attention,
- attentive,
- audibility,
- audience,
- audition,
- aural examination,
- aural sense,
- auscultation,
- bugging,
- conference,
- eager attention,
- ear,
- eavesdropping,
- electronic surveillance,
- examination by ear,
- favorable attention,
- hearing,
- heeding,
- hushed attention,
- interview,
- listening in,
- open-eared,
- rapt attention,
- sense of hearing,
- tryout,
- wiretapping