Word

listen, v.
(listened, listening, listens)
freq. cnt. 98

hear with intention
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 60

listen

sample sentences

"Listen to the sound of this cello"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

listening listener

also see

listen in

semantic pointers

hypernym

perceive, comprehend

entailment

hear

hyponym

hear out listen in attend, hang, give ear, advert, pay heed hark, harken, hearken listen in, eavesdrop

listen and pay attention
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 34

hear listen take heed

sample sentences

"Listen to your father"
"We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

listening listener

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hearing hearer

semantic pointers

hypernym

focus, center, concentrate, rivet, pore, centre

hyponym

incline

pay close attention to; give heed to
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4

heed listen mind

sample sentences

"Heed the advice of the old men"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

heed

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

listening

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mind

semantic pointers

hypernym

obey