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Antonyms for listening

Grammar : Adj
Spell : lis-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪs ən

Definition of listening

Origin :
  • Old English hlysnan "to listen," from Proto-Germanic *khlusinon (cf. Dutch luisteren, Old High German hlosen "to listen," German lauschen "to listen"), from PIE root *kleu- "hearing, to hear" (cf. Sanskrit srnoti "hears," srosati "hears, obeys;" Avestan sraothra "ear;" Middle Persian srod "hearing, sound;" Lithuanian klausau "to hear," slove "splendor, honor;" Old Church Slavonic slusati "to hear," slava "fame, glory," slovo "word;" Greek klyo "hear, be called," kleos "report, rumor, fame glory," kleio "make famous;" Latin cluere "to hear oneself called, be spoken of;" Old Irish ro-clui-nethar "hears," clunim "I hear," clu "fame, glory," cluada "ears;" Welsh clywaf "I hear;" Old English hlud "loud," hleoðor "tone, tune;" Old High German hlut "sound;" Gothic hiluþ "listening, attention"). The -t- probably is by influence of Old English hlystan (see list (v.2)). For vowel evolution, see bury. As a noun from 1788 (on the listen "alert").
  • adj hearing
Example sentences :
  • Your listening Hannah has given you this intelligence, as she does many others.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • On stopping and listening, I soon heard some person calling hogs.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • Hester could hardly say she saw among them much sign of listening.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He began to suspect that he was being cheated into listening to a Bible story.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The boys were listening, their heads bent forward all around her.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He had forgotten for the moment that anybody was listening to him, save the two readers.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Red, however, suddenly straightened from the desk and stood motionless, listening.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • A slight noise had caught his ear, he had stooped, listening.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • His brother was there, listening to the comments of O'Hara, his friendly rival.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She worked as if for dear life, but every quiver of her back told that she was listening.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Synonyms for listening

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