verb

• (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
• (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
• (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
• (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
• (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
• (with from) To be contacted by.
• (transitive, law) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
• (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
• (transitive, Greek philosophy) To study under.