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LISTENING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of hearing attentively
Example:
they make good music--you should give them a hearing
Synonyms:
hearing; listening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("listening" is a kind of...):
perception; sensing (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "listening"):
auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))
rehearing; relistening (the act of hearing again)
Derivation:
listen (hear with intention)
listen (listen and pay attention)
listen (pay close attention to; give heed to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb listen
Context examples:
I lay listening with all my ears.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We all sat in silence for some little time after listening to this extraordinary narrative.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Maria, listening anxiously outside his door, was perturbed by his monotonous utterance.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I saw her haggard, listening face distinctly.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
They stood side by side, watching and listening and smelling.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
She paused, and saw with no slight indignation that he was listening with an air which proved him wholly unmoved by any feeling of remorse.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The last remark was addressed to Von Bork himself, who after much gasping and blinking had lain quietly listening to Holmes’s statement.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They stood listening all three with sidelong heads.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I had seated myself on a settee in the corner, upon the Prince’s invitation, and very glad I was to remain quiet and unnoticed, listening to the talk of these men.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
How! cried Elinor; have you been repeating to me what you only learnt yourself by listening at the door?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
