You are always hearing but not listening.
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Listening
Synonyms for "listening" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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More general
2 entriescauses
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
defined as
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas prerequisite
9 entrieshas subevent
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
is a
8 entriesrelated to
5 entriesused for
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
35 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκρόασις noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِمَاع noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Belarusian
4 entries- праслу́хванне noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- праслу́хваньне noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- праслухо́ўванне noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- праслухо́ўваньне noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聆聽 /聆听 noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Dutch
2 entries- luisteren noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- luisteren noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
Finnish
4 entries- kuulo adj (of something that is used in order to hear)
- kuunteleva adj (of something that listens)
- varovainen adj (of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds)
- kuullun ymmärtäminen noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
French
1 entries- écoute noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
German
1 entries- Zuhören noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Indonesian
2 entries- kemampuan mendengar noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
- kemampuan menyimak noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
Japanese
3 entries- リスニング noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- 聞くこと noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- 聴取 noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Korean
2 entries- 듣기 noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- 청취 noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Latin
1 entries- auditus noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lytting noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lytting noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Russian
3 entries- ауди́рование noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
- прослу́шивание noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- слу́шание noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Spanish
2 entries- escucha noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- escucha noun (ability of perceiving spoken language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прослухо́вування noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
- слу́хання noun (act by which something or somebody is listened to)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I'm sick of listening to your complaints.
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Your poor memory is due to poor listening habits.
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The students sat still, listening to the lecture.
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