to listen
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- verb
- /ˈlɪsən/
- Specialized
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- All that was needed was a device to listen for the signal and interpret the data.
No scan, no fax, manual duplexing only, and it will not listen when you talk to it.
- No scan, no fax, manual duplexing only, and it will not listen when you talk to it.
Examples
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ACE starts the engine to make it harder for anyone to listen in on their conversation.
Fiction book (1995) -
I dialed his number just to listen to the recorded message from the phone company.
Fiction book (1994) -
All day he had been listening to it page people over the office intercom.
Fiction book (1995) -
On the off chance that Data might be listening, he tapped his communicator again.
Fiction book (1992) -
An Inupiaq hunter uses an oar to listen for passing whales in the Chukchi Sea.
Academic text (2012) -
The server is configured to listen on port 8080 for incoming requests.
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To receive updates, the application must listen for notifications from the server.
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When the software runs, it will listen for data packets coming from the client.
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Etymology
Listen comes from an old word meaning 'to hear', and in computing this image is kept: a server that listens on a port is like a person waiting and paying attention for a knock or a call, ready to respond when something arrives.