listener
- noun
- /ˈlɪsənər/
- During the meeting, she was the best listener, taking notes and asking insightful questions.
- listeners hear
- speaker and listener
- listener performance
They 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
A person who listens carefully to what someone says
A person who listens quietly to a talk or performance
A person who has often listened to a radio or TV show for years
Compounds
How Attentive
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.