to listen to music
45
1.0
- phrasal verb
- /ˈlɪsən tə ˈmjuːzɪk/
:
escuchar música
- Every evening, she likes to listen to music before going to bed.
- play and listen to music
- sing and listen to music
- watch or listen to music
And I'll listen to music and be with him.
- And I'll listen to music and be with him.
- And that's why we want to listen to music performed by human beings.
- I'm talking about sitting in the dark and listening to music with some headphones.
- It's like some people don't listen to music all the time.
- Yeah, but I do, you know, I'll, I'll listen to music, I'll read in bed.
- So whatever it might be, you know, listen to music or travel or what have you.
- At the same time, I want to balance being able to listen to music, being able to zone out.
- We can't read, we can't listen to music.
- With the Apple Watch and a Bluetooth device, I can listen to music right from the watch.
- I spent my weekends watching TV and listening to music.
- OK, for some of you, it might just be lighting candles and listening to music, right?
Examples
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I was just thinking I haven't listened to music in a long time.
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I love to listen to music while I cook dinner.
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How do you charge and listen to music at the same time?
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I like to listen to music when I rest.
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You know, I used to sit at the bar, just drinking and listening to music.
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Who wants to listen to music?
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Does the student enjoy making music or listening to music in the classroom?
Academic text (1991) -
All the students say they listen to music during most of their waking hours.
Academic text (1991) -
OK, for some of you, it might just be lighting candles and listening to music, right?
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Try setting aside fifteen minutes several days each week to listen to music together.
Academic text (1998)
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to pay attention to and enjoy music by hearing it' is directly and compositionally derived from 'listen' (to focus on sounds) + the preposition 'to' + 'music' (organized sounds). This verb + preposition + noun pattern is a basic, cross-linguistic construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Listen to music shows a clear picture: someone uses their ears to listen to music, sitting or walking while the sounds play. So, it means 'to pay attention to and enjoy music by hearing it'.