listener
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- noun
- /ˈlɪsənər/
- During the meeting, she was the best listener, taking notes and asking insightful questions.
- listeners hear
- speaker and listener
- listener performance
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Watch on YouTubeThey don't seem like good listeners, amongst other things.
- They don't seem like good listeners, amongst other things.
- I appreciate you as a listener, as an audience member.
- They say stuff that they think will get listeners, viewers, readers.
- And I'm telling all your listeners, this is the shit.
- And, and we're going to also answer a listener question.
- So being an astute listener is very, very important.
- So Ed has less monthly listeners, but they're way more engaged.
- Could you explain to the viewers and listeners what long COVID is?
- And I don't want to confuse the listener, the audience.
- And how would you explain Joey Powell to the listener, gentlemen?
- And so they're constantly wrangling to please both the listeners and the musicians.
Examples
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You know, you're a really good listener.
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And our very first one comes from a listener named Lisa.
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I appreciate you as a listener, as an audience member.
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Oh, he was not a good listener like you are.
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So being an astute listener is very, very important.
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I mean, he's a really good listener.
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And only people with emotional intelligence are good listeners.
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Zippo, you know, you are one of the best listeners in the world.
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A good listener.
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I'm a good listener.
Synonyms
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A person who listens carefully to what someone says
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A person who has often listened to a radio or TV show for years
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A person who listens quietly to a talk or performance
Compounds
How Attentive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Listener comes from the verb listen, from an old English word meaning 'to hear and pay attention', and the ending -er meaning 'someone who does'. So a listener is a person who hears and gives attention to what is being said.