listening

adj

/ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.

inherited from hlysnende
inherited from listnynge

Definitions

1
Of something or someone that listens.
- Any listening person can tell she's lying.
2
Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
- He could hear better when he used his listening device.
3
Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
- The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.
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1. present participle and gerund of listen
2. 5
  An act by which something or somebody is listened to.
  - This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.
  - It is an album that rewards multiple listenings.
3. 6
  An educational exercise involving listening.
  - OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.
4. 7
  Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
  - You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.

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Derived

must-listening, active listening, baby listening, easy listening, listening comprehension, listening device, listening fatigue, listening watch, social listening

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at listening. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at listening. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at listening

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA