listen

Meaning of listen

verb
  1. give one's attention to a sound.
    evidently he was not listening
    if I've had a stressful day I love to chill out and listen to music
noun
  1. an act of listening to something.
    radio plays are definitely worth a listen

Old English hlysnan ‘pay attention to’, of Germanic origin.

Information about listen

Hyphenation of listen

lis-ten

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • listen is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

listen synonyms

Meaning hear:

hear

Meaning heed:

heed, mind

Meaning pay attention to:

attend

hark, hearken

Translation of listen

Anagrams of listen

elints, enlist, inlets, lentis, silent, slinte, tinsel

Words that rhyme with listen

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