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listener

//ˈlɪsənə//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for listener

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Forms

Plural
listeners

Definitions

  1. 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. 2.A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

  3. 3.A person's ear.(slang)

  4. 4.A musical anthology.(formal)

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4889

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
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Word family

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.

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