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listening
Overview of noun listening
The noun listening has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. listening, hearing -- (the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing")
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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Sense 1
listening, hearing
=> sensing, perception
=> sensory activity
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Sense 1
listening, hearing
=> auscultation
=> relistening, rehearing
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Sense 1
listening, hearing
=> sensing, perception
Antonyms of noun listening
Member Holonyms of noun listening
Substance Holonyms of noun listening
Part Holonyms of noun listening
Member Meronyms of noun listening
Substance Meronyms of noun listening
Part Meronyms of noun listening
Meronyms of noun listening
Holonyms of noun listening
Attributes of noun listening
Derived Forms of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Sense 1
listening, hearing
RELATED TO>(verb) listen#3
=> heed, mind, listen
RELATED TO>(verb) listen#2
=> listen, hear, take heed
RELATED TO>(verb) listen#1
=> listen
Domain of noun listening
Domain Terms of noun listening
Familiarity of noun listening
listening used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Sense 1
listening, hearing
> sensing, perception
=> look, looking, looking at
=> listening, hearing
=> lipreading
=> taste, tasting
=> smell, smelling
Meronyms of noun listening
1 sense of listening
Holonyms of noun listening
Grep of noun listening
listening
listening watch
relistening
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
Grep of adj listening
glistening
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