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listen

/ˈlɪs.ən/

listen back

listen in

listen over

listen up

listenverb

listened

Past Simple

listened

Past Participle

listening

ing-form

/ˈlɪs.ən/

Translations

écouterS’emploie pour l’écoute active d’un son, d’une personne, ou au sens de prendre en compte un conseil ou un avertissement.

She likes to listen to music while she works.

Elle aime écouter de la musique pendant qu’elle travaille.

Additional translations

prêter l’oreilleTourneure plus littéraire ou soutenue.

Definitions

To give attention to sound or action.

She likes to listen to music while she works.

To pay attention to someone in order to hear what they are saying.

Please listen carefully to the instructions before starting the test.

To take notice of and act on what someone says; respond to advice or a request.

He refused to listen to his friend's warnings about the weather.

Synonyms

pay attention

Antonyms

disregard

ignore

listennoun

listens

/ˈlɪs.ən/

Informal countable noun meaning ‘an act of listening’, e.g. ‘give it a listen’.

Translations

écouteEmployé au sens d’« action d’écouter » ; souvent dans des tournures comme « donner une écoute ».

Give the new album a listen and tell me what you think.

Donne une écoute au nouvel album et dis-moi ce que tu en penses.

Definitions

An act or instance of listening.

Give the new album a listen and tell me what you think.

Synonyms

listening session

audition

listening

hearing

listeninterjection

/ˈlɪs.ən/

Used to attract attention or preface an emphatic statement.

Translations

écouteSert à attirer l’attention ou à introduire une remarque avec insistance.

Listen, we have to get this done before noon.

Écoute, il faut que nous finissions cela avant midi.

Definitions

Used to attract someone’s attention or to introduce a statement said emphatically.

Listen, we have to get this done before noon.

Synonyms

listen up

hey

hear me out

hear me

pay attention

attend

look