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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)

listen

/ˈlɪs.ən/

verb

to use your ears to hear and understand things

  • “That story was very hard for me to listen to.”Tatoeba
  • “You can listen to the whole interview on our website.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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