listening
Of something or someone that listens.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of something or someone that listens.
“Any listening person can tell she's lying.”
Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
“He could hear better when he used his listening device.”
Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
Noun 3 meanings
An act by which something or somebody is listened to.
“This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.”
An educational exercise involving listening.
“OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.”
Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
“You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.”
Etymology
From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.
LISTENING at a glance
LISTENING has 9 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (L 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,164 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with listening
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
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