Listener
/ˈlɪsənə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
nounSomeone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
nounA function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
Sentence Examples
Be a good listener.
He is a good listener but a poor speaker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
During the guided meditation, the calm ____ focused on every word the instructor said.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is a very good ____, always paying close attention to what other people have to say to her tonight.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English listen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English listener From listen + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…]"
— 1904, William Henry Hudson, “chapter 2”, in Green Mansions:
"And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away."
— 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men:
"Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life
Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse."
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the guided meditation, the calm ____ focused on every word the instructor said.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is a very good ____, always paying close attention to what other people have to say to her tonight.