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lis·ten·ing

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  1. listening, hearingnoun

    the act of hearing attentively

    "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"

    Synonyms:
    earshot, auditory sense, auditory modality, earreach, audition, sense of hearing, audience, hearing

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  1. arkenverb

    paying attention to something important, usually heard or seen in a statement of a writing or spoken words.

    arken to the word of god, a culprit's who was found guilty arken to the code of conduct by the constitution.

    Submitted by abiolahjosh on December 30, 2021  

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  1. listeningnoun

    Synonyms:
    hearkening, eavesdropping, auscultation, autophony

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  1. List of paraphrases for "listening":

    listen, hearing, viewing, listener, look, eavesdropping, hear, tuning

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#1891listen
#2097hearing
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#3749listening
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#12471listener
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#35509eavesdropping
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How to use listening in a sentence?

  1. Paul Ryan:

    I think what we should be focused on is listening to people in communities who have done a good job of merging law enforcement with the communities so that these kinds of problems don’t occur.

  2. Seneca:

    Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening.

  3. Jay Sekulow:

    My grandfather dragged suitcases with his family when he came through Ellis Island, and many of you that are listening to this broadcast have similar histories in your family, but we are the United States of America, we can do better than this, we can figure this out.

  4. John Boehner:

    We're going to make it clear to the president that we're listening to the American people, who want us to work together on their priorities, and their priorities have to do with the economy and jobs, we hope he'll start to listen, too, and reconsider his opposition to some of our jobs bills.

  5. Maxine Waters:

    Why would I take my time to go and sit and listen to a liar ? someone who lies in the face of facts, someone who can change their tune day in and day out. What does he have to say that I would be interested in ? I don’t appreciate him and I would n’t waste my time sitting in that house listening to what he has to say. He does not deserve my attention.


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