relistening

3.6

Hearing a recording again to notice new details

noun
/ˌriːˈlɪsənɪŋ/

: reescucha

There are many rewards to be found not only from our rereading of Shakespeare's plays, but also from our relistening to them, being aware that the plays were conceived for a dramatic delivery in heightened spoken language for acting.

Examples

I found new details in the podcast during my relistening to it last night.
Her relistening to the interview helped her remember important points.
After relistening to the song several times, I understood the message better.

Synonyms

repetition

vsrelistening

63 2.0

Doing or saying something again

applies specifically to hearing audio again rather than any repeated action

playback

vsrelistening

28 3.8

To hear or see something that was recorded before

focuses on the person hearing the audio again rather than the reproduction process

Surface Forms

relisting singular

relistings plural

Morphology

relistening = relisten (transparent) = re + listen + ing

The noun is formed in a fully regular way from the verb 'relisten' by adding '-ing' to denote the act or process.

Etymology

Relistening comes from the common prefix re- meaning 'again' and listening, from listen meaning 'to hear', like in the familiar word replay. So relistening simply means 'hearing something again', often to notice details you missed before.