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Word entry · 9 letters

listening

Best crossword clue

"Paying attention to sound"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪs.nɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted egiilnnstStarts with LEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of hearing attentively

Word origin

From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • Any listening person can tell she's lying.
  • He could hear better when he used his listening device.
  • The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.

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