listen
/ˈlɪs·ən/ v [I]Definition
› to give attention to something you can hear or to a person who is speaking: Can you really listen to music while you do your homework? Listen, we really need to do something about having this place painted. listener /ˈlɪs·ə·nər/ n [C] › For many listeners, the music of the Beatles summed up the sentiments of the 1960s.
(Definition of listen v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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