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Showing words for LISTEN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Listen

elints, enlist, inlets, listen, silent, slinte, tinsel

5 Letter Words for Listen

elint, elsin, enlit, entsi, inlet, inset, intel, islet, istle, lenis, lenti, liens, liest, lines, lints, lites, neist, nelis, senit, senti, sient, silen, slent, sline, slite, snite, steil, stein, stile, stine, teils, tiens, tiles, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Listen

elts, inst, intl, isle, isnt, itel, leis, lens, lent, lest, lets, lien, lies, line, lins, lint, list, lite, lits, nest, neti, nets, nies, nile, nils, nist, nits, seil, seit, selt, sent, sien, sile, silt, sine, site, slit, snit, sten, stie, teil, teli, tels, tens, tien, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Listen

eli, els, elt, enl, ens, est, ile, ins, int, ise, isl, isn, ist, its, lei, les, let, lie, lin, lis, lit, lst, nei, net, nie, nil, nis, nit, sei, sel, sen, set, sie, sil, sin, sit, sle, slt, tel, ten, tes, tie, til, tin, tis, tln, tsi

Definitions for Listen

[1] to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
[2] to pay attention; heed; obey (often followed by to ): Children don't always listen to their parents.
[3] to wait attentively for a sound (usually followed by for ): to listen for sounds of their return.
[4] Informal . to convey a particular impression to the hearer; sound: The new recording doesn't listen as well as the old one.
[5] Archaic . to give ear to; hear.
[6] listen in , to listen to a radio or television broadcast: Listen in tomorrow for the names of the lottery winners. to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop: Someone was listening in to his private calls.
[7] to concentrate on hearing something
[8] to take heed; pay attention I told you many times but you wouldn't listen

Words related to Listen

attend, get, accept, admit, observe, audit, welcome, hark, obey, eavesdrop, receive, adopt, mind, concentrate, hearken, catch, entertain, monitor, overhear, harken

Words nearby Listen

listed building, listed company, listed security, listee, listel, listen, listen in, listen to reason, listenable, listenership, listening post

Origin of Listen

before 950; Middle English lis(t)nen, Old English hlysnan; cognate with Middle High German lüsenen, Swedish lyssna; akin to list5

Other words from Listen

lis·ten·er , noun
re·lis·ten , verb
un·lis·ten·ing , adjective

Word origin for Listen

Old English hlysnan; related to Old High German lūstrēn

Synonyms for Listen

accept, admit, attend, get, observe, take notice, tune in, adopt, audit, auscultate, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, hark, harken, hearken, mind, monitor, obey, overhear, receive, welcome, auscult, be all ears, be attentive, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, hear out, hear tell, lend an ear, pick up on, prick up ears, take advice, take into consideration, take under advisement, tune in on