listen (to)

verb

Definition of listen (to)next
as in to follow
to take notice of and be guided by you'd better listen to my advice!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen (to)
  1. follow
  2. note
  3. obey
Verb
  • The film follows Las Vegas performer Shelley (Anderson) following the closure of the city’s last remaining floor show.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps no story better encapsulates the tumultuous decades that followed railroad expansion than the story of Frank Skinner and Brooklyn police Officer James Bollinger.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of follow
Verb
  • First of all, it should be noted: Sweating is healthy.
    Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The bill had been deposited by the owner of a gas station, who’d received it as payment and noted the license plate number of the customer.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of note
Verb
  • Austria’s Rossi obeyed Norway’s all-time leading NHL scorer by passing and passing and passing … and passing some more.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Masud obeyed McKnight, though McKnight wasn’t part of Tourbillon, Phoenix or API, thus had no official authority to direct anybody to do anything.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of obey
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listen (to)

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“Listen (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen%20%28to%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.

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