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[ verb ] hear with intention
Examples "Listen to the sound of this cello" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Recently I was struck anew by the divergent approaches , when in the course of one afternoon and evening I listened to no fewer than ten different performances . But Schnabel was a great teacher in_addition_to being a great performer , and the fact that four of the ten versions I listened to are by Schnabel pupils ( Clifford_Curzon , Frank_Glazer , Adrian_Aeschbacher , and Victor_Babin ) also sheds_light_on the master 's pedagogical skills . The Command technique invites you to listen to the depth of the orchestration . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Lawrence listened with the practiced , deceptive calm of the lawyer , but his face was in the shadow . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)A knot of old worshippers , chiefly women , listened weekly to a sermon . |
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[ verb ] listen and pay attention
Examples "Listen to your father" "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Yet you feel the orchestra is near at_hand , and the individual instruments have the same firm presence associated with listening from a good seat in an acoustically perfect hall . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)If he were to go with White , he would be out there two days , not just listening in the dark at some point between here and Papa-san , but moving ever deeper into enemy land - behind Papa-san itself . (Francis Pollini, Night....)He listened , waited , nothing happened . `` You - Listen ! (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)`` Do not listen to that Frenchman . Related terms |
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[ verb ] pay close attention to; give heed to
Examples "Heed the advice of the old men" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Eileen had a wonderful way of not listening to things she did n't want_to hear . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)`` Listen to me , Jorge , I 've had enough to your sassing . |
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