"eavesdropping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eavesdroppings [plural]
Etymology: From eavesdrop + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eavesdrop|ing|id2=gerund noun}} eavesdrop + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eavesdropping (countable and uncountable, plural eavesdroppings)
  1. verbal noun of eavesdrop:
    Listening secretly to the private conversations of others.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (listening secretly to the private conversations of others): 竊聽 (Chinese Mandarin), 窃听 (qiètīng) (Chinese Mandarin), salakuuntelu (Finnish), Lauschen [neuter] (German), Abhören [neuter] (German), κρυφάκουσμα (kryfákousma) [neuter] (Greek), λαθρακρόαση (lathrakróasi) [feminine] (Greek), ωτακουστία (otakoustía) [feminine] (Greek), hallgatózás (Hungarian), origliamento [masculine] (Italian), l'origliare [masculine] (Italian), ascolto di nascosto [masculine] (Italian), 盗聴 (tōchō) (alt: とうちょう) (Japanese), 엿듣다 (yeotdeutda) [verb] (Korean), استراق سمع (esterâq-e sam') (Persian), podsłuchiwanie [neuter] (Polish), podsłuchanie [neuter] (Polish), trage cu urechea (Romanian), подслу́шивание (podslúšivanije) [neuter] (Russian), farchluais (Scottish Gaelic), prisluškivanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), прислушкивање [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), tjuvlyssning [common-gender] (Swedish), підслухо́вування (pidsluxóvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), підслу́хування (pidslúxuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), прослухо́вування (prosluxóvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eavesdropping-en-noun-VUmcOGGo Disambiguation of 'listening secretly to the private conversations of others': 91 3 6
  2. verbal noun of eavesdrop:
    (telecommunications) The interception of electronic communication.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Telecommunications Translations (interception of electronic communication): 竊聽 (Chinese Mandarin), 窃听 (qiètīng) (Chinese Mandarin), salakuuntelu (Finnish), écoute clandestine [feminine] (French), Abhören [neuter] (German), intercettazione telefonica [feminine] (Italian), intercettazione comuncazioni [feminine] (Italian), 盗聴 (tōchō) (alt: とうちょう) (Japanese), 도청 (docheong) (alt: 盜聽) (Korean), استراق سمع (esterâq-e sam') (Persian), podsłuchiwanie [neuter] (Polish), podsłuch [masculine] (Polish), interceptare (Romanian), подслу́шивание (podslúšivanije) [neuter] (Russian), перехва́т (perexvát) [masculine] (Russian), прослу́шка (proslúška) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), prisluškivanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), прислушкивање [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), avlyssning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. verbal noun of eavesdrop:
    (zoology) The act of one organism listening for another's calls, so as to exploit them.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-eavesdropping-en-noun-7i8E1AAU Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anti-eavesdropping

Verb

Etymology: From eavesdrop + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eavesdrop|ing|id2=gerund noun}} eavesdrop + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} eavesdropping
  1. present participle and gerund of eavesdrop Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: eavesdrop
    Sense id: en-eavesdropping-en-verb-rVOJ7Z38

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "esterâq-e sam'",
          "sense": "interception of electronic communication",
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          "roman": "perexvát",
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