listener
//ˈlɪsənə//
Forms
- Plural
- listeners
Definitions
1.Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
- And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.
2.A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
3.A person's ear.(slang)
4.A musical anthology.(formal)
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4889
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
English listen
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English listener
From listen + -er.