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Of something or someone that listens. examples
Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. examples
Of an action that is performed with caution and attention to sounds. quotations examples
The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval.
1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers
present participle and gerund of listen examples
plural listenings
Action of the verb listening quotations examples
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
An educational exercise involving listening examples
Skill or ability of perceiving spoken language. examples