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Adjective listening has 1 sense
  1. listening - attending to or alert for sound; "be wary of listening ears"; "government-maintained listening posts"
    Antonym:     inattentive (indirect, via attentive)
,Noun listening has 1 sense
  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"
    --1 is a kind of sensing, perception
    --1 has particulars: auscultation; relistening, rehearing
    Derived forms: verb listen3, verb listen2, verb listen1
,Verb listen has 3 senses
  1. listen - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
    --1 is one way to     perceive, comprehend
    Derived forms: noun listener1, noun listening1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. listen, hear, take heed - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
    --2 is one way to concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
    Derived forms: noun listener1, noun listening1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. heed, mind, listen - pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
    --3 is one way to obey
    Derived form: noun listening1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    => Somebody ----s PP
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