listening
IPA: ɫˈɪsʌnɪŋ
noun
- An act by which something or somebody is listened to.
- An educational exercise involving listening.
- Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language.
adjective
- Of something or someone that listens.
- Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear.
- Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds.
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Examples of "listening" in Sentences
- John McCain will be in Little Rock, Arkansas, today, the final stop on what he called his listening tour.
- On Tuesday, Mrs. Clinton met with the Likud party leader in Jerusalem in what she called a listening exercise.
- John McCain is going to be in Little Rock, Arkansas, today, the final stop of what he calls his listening tour.
- SCHNEIDER (voice-over): When Hillary Clinton first ran for Senate in New York, she went on what she called a listening tour of the state.
- Warren has spent the past several weeks meeting with party activists and voters across the state as part of what she called a listening tour.
- I've become very aware of how when a person vents say, me that people listening often--almost as a reflex--jump to give advice, but if you are *really listening* you will notice that the person venting did not ask for advice.
- Sometimes the ending just happens without fireworks and glory. one smoke filled patio saturday night conversation hot muggy air ... blue chairs rocking listening two listening to you and two boys in the living room that was life that was life i'm sorry.
- I remember as a little girl sitting with an old maiden aunt and listening to some drama series on the radio that she’d been hooked on for years, and thinking of it now, I suspect that something like that, when you are *just listening* has got to be really useful for a writer, as you need to know how to recognize subtle changes of voice and meaning.
- When St. Benedict had these feelings he knew they came from God, and so, instead of not listening and just letting himself get keen on his study and his amusements, he made up his mind that he would always _do his best_ to follow God's will, and would keep his heart _always listening_, so that if God _did_ want to call him away to some special kind of life he would be ready to hear and to obey.
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