Definition of Listen

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Definition of Listen
	Listen To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. To attend to. Related Definitions: Admonition, Advice, Attend, Attention, Close, Ear, Follow, Give, Hearing, Hearken, Heed, Obey, Of, Purpose, The, To, With, Yield

Listen Quotations

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
C. S. Lewis

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Kahlil Gibran

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Confucius

Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Listen to many, speak to a few.
William Shakespeare

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.
Bob Dylan

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Robert H. Schuller

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway

Listen Translations

listen in Afrikaans is luister naar, luister
listen in Danish is lytte til, lytte
listen in Dutch is aanhoren, beluisteren, luisteren
listen in Finnish is kuunnella
listen in Italian is ascoltare, sentisti, udizione
listen in Portuguese is escutar, escute
listen in Spanish is escuchar, oir
listen in Swedish is lyssna

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