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verb
- (intransitive, with "to") To pay attention to a sound, to note.
- Please carefully to what I am about to say.
- I like to listen to music.
- (intransitive, with "for") To wait for a sound, such as a signal.
- You should for the starting gun.
- (intransitive, with "to") To accept or obey oral instruction.
- Good children to their parents.
- (transitive, archaic) To hear (something), to pay attention to something said.
- 1592, w:William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, s:The First Part of King Henry the Sixth, 1 Hen VI: v 3
- : Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
Etymology: From (term, hlysnan).
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