listen

to pay attention to sound

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

6 Letters, 2 Syllable

listen


5 Phonemes

l i s ə n


onset, rime

- -


Morpheme

listen

ə = schwa

Sentence Examples

I listened as hard as I could, but I couldn't hear a word of what he said over all that noise.

She listened with interest as he told her about his travels.

Related Words

accept

admit

attend

get

observe

adopt

Collocations

listen

listen in

listen up

listen for

listen out for

Listen with Mother

listen up

listen in (on something)

listen in (to something)

Neighborhood

Onset Friends

like

little

look

long

let

last

left

live

light

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