noun
definition
An instance of listening.
example
Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
synonyms
verb
definition
To pay attention to a sound or speech.
example
Please listen carefully as I explain. I like to listen to music.
definition
To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
example
You should listen for the starting gun.
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To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
example
Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK? Good children listen to their parents.
definition
To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
Examples of listen in a Sentence
Just listen to what he has to say.
My parents used to listen to those old songs.
Alex, listen to me.
Then you won't have to listen to Claire bitching about how you cheated her when that's just what she did to you.
She should probably listen to her gut feeling about this.
Listen when I speak!
You listen to them?
So why should we listen to what they call normal?
Listen, I've got work to do.
Though I've learned none of you will listen to that advice.
Listen, I got a summer job in the Mountains as a sitter and it includes room and board.
No, he wouldn't listen to her either.
Please record this or listen carefully.
Listen, I think he knows I saw something.
Maybe he'd rather listen than talk.
She didn't doubt that the only creature Rhyn would listen to was Gabriel, and that Gabriel had told him to leave her be.
It's good to be able to listen.
Kris would never listen to him.
But Rostov did not listen to him.
She paused to listen, looked at the ground, and changed directions three times before she heard the sound of water flowing.
Listen to him, okay?
Hang in there — and when you're ready to talk, I'm ready to listen.
Don't talk nonsense, just listen! said Natasha, with momentary vexation.
When they finished, Quinn would call Martha at home, and let her listen to the recording of the session.
If she opens her mouth, he either doesn't listen or whacks it shut.
Listen to the opening drum roll on the first Small Faces album.
Then listen when I say something bad comes.
If Hilden pressed an issue, she would listen.
Your father will listen to you.
Don't listen to them!
He would not listen to anyone who tried to persuade him to stay at home.
She should be a friend and listen, but this wasn't any of her business.
It hurt to think he questioned her fidelity, but at least he was willing to listen to reason.
Listen, there was an …issue today at Xander's.
Listen, I'm trying to figure out a few things.
Neither the House nor the country would listen.
Charles V.'s desertion inclined Henry to listen to the proposals of the threatened Lutheran princes, and the last two years of his reign were marked by a renewed tendency to advance in a Protestant direction.
Such a man was hardly likely to listen to the plans of Lamennais.
He had practically made no progress; yet Russia, in securing possession of Derbent, Baku, Shirvan, Sheki, Garja, the Talysh and M ugan, was probably indebted to gold as well as to the force of arms. At the same time Persia would not listen to the overtures of peace made to her by the governor-general who had succeeded Zizianov.
Then he said, Listen now to my second word of wisdom.
If I were you, I'd listen to her.
She nodded, forcing herself to listen.
Close your eyes and just listen.
Listen, you little strutting Banty.
To listen to her talk, you'd think he was six feet tall and bullet proof.
He simply wanted someone to listen.
Listen to me, my king!
If anyone had a chance of getting Senor Medena to listen, it was Alex.
Let us now listen to Duhm, who analyses the book into six groups of passages.
Where grass and marsh greet sand and breeze, pause there, stand on windswept dunes and listen.