See listening on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.",
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"Terms with Indonesian translations",
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"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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"word": "active listening"
},
{
"word": "baby listening"
},
{
"word": "easy listening"
},
{
"word": "listening comprehension"
},
{
"word": "listening fatigue"
},
{
"word": "listening watch"
},
{
"word": "social listening"
}
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"text": "This symphony grows on me more and more with each listening.",
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{
"ref": "2010 May 3, Michael Senior, “CD Review: Massive Attack, \"Heligoland\"”, in The Oklahoman, archived from the original on 2024-01-03:",
"text": "It is an album that rewards multiple listenings.",
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"An act by which something or somebody is listened to."
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"text": "OK, students, today we're going to do a couple of listenings about the environment, then a reading about crime.",
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}
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"An educational exercise involving listening."
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"categories": [
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"examples": [
{
"text": "You can improve your listening well by watching English-language films.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language."
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"word": "kuuntelu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écoute"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zuhören"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akróasis",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀκρόασις"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"word": "auditus"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lytting"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lytting"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúšanije",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "слу́шание"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proslúšivanije",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прослу́шивание"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slúxannja",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "слу́хання"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prosluxóvuvannja",
"sense": "act by which something or somebody is listened to",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прослухо́вування"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ability of perceiving spoken language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "luisteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ability of perceiving spoken language",
"word": "kuullun ymmärtäminen"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "ability of perceiving spoken language",
"word": "kemampuan mendengar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "ability of perceiving spoken language",
"word": "kemampuan menyimak"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "audírovanije",
"sense": "ability of perceiving spoken language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ауди́рование"
}
],
"word": "listening"
}
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