"listen after" meaning in All languages combined

See listen after on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: listens after [present, singular, third-person], listening after [participle, present], listened after [participle, past], listened after [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} listen after (third-person singular simple present listens after, present participle listening after, simple past and past participle listened after)
  1. (transitive) To take notice of. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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      "form": "listened after",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "She pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Soldiers note Forts, Armouries, and Magazines; Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
          "text": "I will[…]listen after Humfrey, how he proceedes.",
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        "(transitive) To take notice of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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  ],
  "word": "listen after"
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    {
      "form": "listens after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listening after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "listened after",
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          "ref": "1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Soldiers note Forts, Armouries, and Magazines; Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
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        "(transitive) To take notice of."
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}

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