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 listen
Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
To listen to these recordings, to go back as far as the turn of the century, to the beginning of recorded sound to the present is to hear points in a timeline, to time travel.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Then, the nurses got in the fishbowl while the doctors listened quietly.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Other Premium features include offline listening, the ability to play any song, unlimited skips and higher audio quality.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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This puts you in a better position to first listen and then guide employees to resources better equipped to help them.
—Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
To listen to these recordings, to go back as far as the turn of the century, to the beginning of recorded sound to the present is to hear points in a timeline, to time travel.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Then, the nurses got in the fishbowl while the doctors listened quietly.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Other Premium features include offline listening, the ability to play any song, unlimited skips and higher audio quality.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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