LISTEN TO

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attention	Revert to; watch; (expect), (take care of); hearken to, listen to; prick up the ears; have the eyes open, keep the eyes open; come to the point.
Intelligence Wisdom	Discriminate; know what's what; listen to reason.
Resolution	Devote oneself to, give oneself up to; throw away the scabbard, kick down the ladder, nail one's colors to the mast, set one's back against the wall, set one's teeth, put one's foot down, take one's stand; stand firm; (stability); steel oneself; stand no nonsense, not listen to the voice of the charmer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: LISTEN TO

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Have you heard enough? I've had to listen to that for centuries. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing? (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) Lloyd, listen to me, everything has changed. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) Why doesn't anyone listen to me? (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp) Listen to this: 7 Minute Abs. (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)
Lyrics	And listen to what I gotta say (Are You That Somebody; performing artist: Aaliyah) Well, before you do anything rash, baby, listen to this (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville) I'd like for you to listen to (Pop A Top; performing artist: Alan Jackson) Baby listen to me when I say (More Than That; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) Listen to the neighbors (Extra Ordinary; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)
Clever	Don't listen to what I say; listen to what I mean. (references; author: unknown) Everyone hears what you say, friends listen to what you say, and best friends listen to what you don't say. (references; author: unknown) At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	Listen to the local yokel yodel. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Listen to My Story (1974) Paramount Headliner: Listen to Lucas (1938) Listen to Us Part 4: Robyn/Nathan/Vinnie/Eric (1991) Goldie and Kids: Listen to Us (1982) Listen to the Lion (1977)
Song Titles	Listen To The Music (performing artist: The Doobie Brothers) Listen To What The Man Said (performing artist: Paul McCartney and Wings) Listen To Your Heart (performing artist: Roxette) STOP LOOK LISTEN TO YOUR HEART (performing artist: Stylistics ) LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (performing artist: Wings )
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: LISTEN TO

Domain	Title
Books	How To Listen To God (reference) To Listen to a Child: Understanding the Normal Problems of Growing Up (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Doobie Brothers: Listen to the Music (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Listen to My Heart (reference) Listen to the Angels (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: LISTEN TO

Photo Album: LISTEN TO

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is the back of a female patient with a doctor who is using a stethoscope to listen to her lungs. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		[High School students listen to presentation at the Student Science Congress] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Robert S. Pumphrey..
	[Army Nurses listen to election returns over radio]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Ship's Chief Petty Officers listen to the radio broadcast of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the Congress requesting a declaration of War against the Axis powers, circa 8 December 1941. Note photograph of President Roosevelt on the bulkhead. Credit: NAVY.
	Woodcutter and family pausing to listen to seated girl reading about Washington] / A. Castaigne. Credit: Library of Congress.		He listened as one may listen to a reprieve. Credit: Library of Congress.
	What a spirited motorist has to listen to --. Credit: Library of Congress.		What sister's beau has to listen to. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Adrian Scott and Larry Parks listen to testimonies at the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Credit: Library of Congress.		"What do they expect us to do - listen to the kids pray at home?" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Familiar Quotations: LISTEN TO

Author	Quotation
A. S. Hardy	A thousand times listen to the counsel of your friend, but seek it only once.
Aristophanes	[On the nightingale] Lord Zeus, listen to the little bird's voice; he has filled the whole thicket with honeyed song.
Brigham Young	Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?
Confucius	To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Elizabeth Gaskell	I'll not listen to reason. Reason always means what someone else has got to say.
Friedrich Nietzsche	Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.
Germain G. Glidden	The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
Titus Maccius Plautus	Slander-mongers and those who listen to slander, if I had my way, would all be strung up, the talkers by the tongue, the listeners by the ears.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Use in Literature: LISTEN TO

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Observing that the hand was pointed to them, Scrooge advanced to listen to their talk.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	If you think I have an excrementitious intelligence run after Donovan and ask him to listen to you.
Time Enough for Love	Robert Heinlein	Always listen to experts.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Listen to her whistle.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Listen to every zephyr for some reproof, for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: LISTEN TO

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Call 1-888-232-3299 and listen to the instructions. (references)
		You may also want to read books, listen to audiotapes, and watch videotapes about these techniques. (references)
		Other people like to listen to recorded nature sounds, like ocean waves, the wind, or even crickets. (references)
Civil Liberties	Honduras	Parents who do not want their children to listen to the readings may notify school authorities in writing. (references)
	Tanzania	In 1999 President Mkapa met with leaders of the Muslim community at a Dar es Salaam mosque to listen to their grievances and propose solutions; however, urban Muslim leaders claim that no action has been taken to address their concerns. (references)
Economic History	Romania	About 50 percent of the population listen to the radio and over 60 percent watch television daily. (references)
Human Rights	Lebanon	He is not allowed to read newspapers or listen to the radio. (references)
	Iceland	Under the strictest form of solitary confinement, prisoners cannot leave their cells, except briefly to exercise alone or to use the showers, and are not allowed to listen to the radio, watch television, or receive visitors other than their lawyers, the prison doctor, and a chaplain. (references)
Worker Rights	China	However, Tibetans are able to listen to the broadcasts at least some of the time. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Spoken Usage: LISTEN TO

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Mark Geragos	It's all public. Just listen to me for a second. The probation report has to come out. It's called a pre-plea report. Under California law, it's a public record. Any sentence had to have a probation report.
Marla Hanson	Terrifying. Yeah, it was the controlled atmosphere of the courtroom, but, you know, I had to listen to that kind of stuff.
Paul McCartney	I like it. I don't really listen to a lot of it. I like some of the Eminem stuff because it's kind of clever. I like the rhythm. I like the attitude. And I can imagine if I was a young kid now, I'd like that.
Robert Novak	Al, for many years my late partner Rowland Evans would comment at this time on Art Buchwald. And let's listen to what Rowlie said about Art just a year ago.
Rush Limbaugh	Just listen to how Dionne flips out, simply because Brian Williams quoted me as saying I didn't want to get out of bed the day after that Gore speech.
Sarah Ferguson	Well, I personally wouldn't because I love the sort of, I would love to think that you could go and sit there quietly and listen to the birds and smell the flowers and just be at peace and remember all the people that lost their lives on that day.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speeches: LISTEN TO

Expressions: LISTEN TO

Frequency of Internet Keywords: LISTEN TO

Modern Translation: LISTEN TO

Language		Translations for "LISTEN TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		bind (assure, bring, bring over, convince, expostulate, get, get round, induce, lead, make smb. listen to reason, outrun, persuade, prevail, prevail upon, reassure, remonstrate, rub in). (various references)

Arabic		‏إستمع إلى. (various references)

Bulgarian		слушам (attend, hark, hear, listen, obey, pay attention), вслушвам се в (heed), отстъпвам пред (lose out to), подчинявам се на (knuckle under to, submit to). (various references)

Chinese		聽取 (hear). (various references)

Cornish		goslowes orth (to listen to). (various references)

French		écouter (listen, listen in). (various references)

German		sich etw. anhören, mithören (attend, listen, listen in, monitor, overhear), horchen (eavesdrop, hark, harken, hearken, listen), hören (hark, hear, hearing, learn, listen, listening, pay attention, to hear), anhören (hear, listen, overhear, to listen to), abhorchen (auscultate, sound). (various references)

Greek		ακούω κάτι βλοσυρός (listen to something tight-lip). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"שמע (be acceptable, be heard). (various references)

Hungarian		figyel vmire (to attend to sg, to hark to sg, to hearken unto sg, to listen to sg, to mind, to take note of sg). (various references)

Indonesian		mendengarkan (hark, hearken, heeg, pay attention to). (various references)

Italian		ascoltare (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, listen, pay attention). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		拝聞 (hear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		はいぶ�" (allotment, distribution, hear, prose with a poetic haiku flavor). (various references)

Pig Latin		istenlay otay

Romanian		asculta de. (various references)

Russian		слушать (hark, harken, hear, hearken, listen, listen in, listened). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		urazumiti nekoga (make smb. listen to reason). (various references)

Spanish		escuchar (answer, hang on, harken, hear, hearken, heed, listen, listen in, monitor, pay attention to, play back). (various references)

Swedish		höra på (listen, listen in to). (various references)

Thai		เชื่อฟัง (bow before, bow to, obey), ฟัง (lend an ear to, listen). (various references)

Turkish		dinlemek (attend, follow, hark, harken, hear, hearken, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen, obey). (various references)

Turkmen		diсюirgemek. (various references)

Welsh		gwrando ar (hearken to). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: LISTEN TO

Bible Trace: LISTEN TO

Language	Date	Source	Isaiah Chapter 49, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Akousate mou nhsoi kai prosecete eqnh dia cronou pollou sthsetai legei kurioV ek koiliaV mhtroV mou ekalesen to onoma mou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Audite insulae et adtendite populi de longe Dominus ab utero vocavit me de ventre matris meae recordatus est nominis mei
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Hereth, yee iles, and taketh heed, yee puples fro aferr; the Lord fro the conceyuende wombe clepede me, and fro the wombe of my moder recordede of my name.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Listen to me, O Isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Matched Bible Translations: LISTEN TO

Language	Isaiah Chapter 49, Verse 1
Cebuano	¶ Pamati, Oh mga pulo, kanako; ug patalinghug, kamo nga mga katawohan, gikan sa halayo: gitawag ako ni Jehova gikan sa tagoangkan; gikan sa mga tiyan sa akong inahan iyang gihisgutan ang akong ngalan.
Croatian	Èujte me, otoci, slušajte pomno, narodi daleki! Jahve me pozvao od krila materina, od utrobe majke moje spomenuo se moga imena.
Danish	Hør mig, I fjerne Strande, lyt til, I Folk i det fjerne! HERREN har fra Moders Liv kaldt mig, fra Moders Skød nævnet mit Navn;
Dutch	Hoort naar Mij, gij eilanden! en luistert toe, gij volken van verre! De HEERE heeft Mij geroepen van den buik af, van Mijner moeders ingewand af heeft Hij Mijn Naam gemeld.
Finnish	Kuulkaa minua, te merensaaret, ja tarkatkaa, kaukaiset kansat. Herra on minut kutsunut hamasta äidinkohdusta saakka, hamasta äitini helmasta minun nimeni maininnut.
French	Iles, écoutez-moi! Peuples lointains, soyez attentifs! L`Éternel m`a appelé dès ma naissance, Il m`a nommé dès ma sortie des entrailles maternelles.
German	Höret mir zu, ihr Inseln, und ihr Völker in der Ferne, merket auf! Der HERR hat mich gerufen von Mutterleib an; er hat meines Namens gedacht, da ich noch im Schoß der Mutter war,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dengarlah aku, hai negeri-negeri yang jauh perhatikanlah kata-kataku. TUHAN memanggil aku sebelum aku dilahirkan, Ia memilih aku sejak dari kandungan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dengarlah olehmu akan daku, hai segala pulau! berilah telinga, hai segala bangsa yang jauh-jauh! Bahwa aku sudah dipanggil oleh Tuhan dari pada kandungan, dan dari pada rahim ibuku sudah disebutnya namaku.
Italian	Ascoltatemi, o isole, udite attentamente, nazioni lontane; il Signore dal seno materno mi ha chiamato, fino dal grembo di mia madre ha pronunziato il mio nome.
Maori	¶ Whakarongo, e nga motu, ki ahau; kia whai whakaaro, e nga iwi o tawhiti; na Ihowa ahau i karanga, no te kopu mai ano; no nga whekau o toku whaea i whakahua ai ia i toku ingoa.
Norwegian	Hør på mig, I øer, og gi akt, I folk fra det fjerne! Herren har kalt mig fra mors liv av, han har nevnt mitt navn fra min mors skjød.
Rumanian	,,Ascultayi-Mq, ostroave! Luayi aminte, popoare depqrtate! Domnul M`a chemat din sknul mamei wi M`a numit dela iewirea din pkntecele mamei.
Russian	уМХЫБКФЕ нЕОС, ПУФТПЧБ, Й ЧОЙНБКФЕ, ОБТП�"Щ �"БМШОЙЕ: зПУ� П�"Ш � ТЙЪЧБМ нЕОС ПФ ЮТЕЧБ, ПФ ХФТП�'Щ НБФЕТЙ нПЕК ОБЪЩЧБМ ЙНС нПЕ;
Swedish	HERRENS tjänares kamp och lön. Sions klagan och tröst.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: LISTEN TO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-o-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: entoils, litotes, toilets, toniest, tonlets.
	-2 letters: elints, eloins, enlist, entoil, inlets, insole, lentos, lesion, listen, litten, lottes, oleins, silent, sitten, stolen, stotin, telson, teston, tinsel, titles, toiles, toilet, tonlet, tonsil.
	-3 letters: elint, eloin, enols, eosin, inlet, inset, islet, istle, lenis, lenos, lento, liens, lines, linos, lints, lions, loins, lotte, neist, netts, nites, noels.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-o-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: siltstone, trotlines.
	+2 letters: gluttonies, natrolites, potentials, siltstones, tonalities, tormentils.
	+3 letters: actinolites, alterations, antileptons, atonalities, ethnologist, etiolations, exaltations, exultations, gestational, intercostal, kinetoplast, levitations, literations, molestation, novelettish, obstinately, orientalist, potentillas, stilettoing, telephonist, testimonial, thiopentals, thistledown, tolerations, tortellinis, ventilators.
	+4 letters: acetylations, altercations, alternations, anecdotalist, antinovelist, consistently, consultative, continentals, deglutitions, delectations, deontologist, elicitations, elocutionist, elutriations, emotionalist, entomologist, ethnologists, evolutionist, frontalities, glutathiones, intercoastal, intercostals, interpolates, jettisonable, kinetoplasts, lamentations, luteotropins, methylations, molestations, nematologist, nightclothes, nonliterates, nonutilities, notabilities, orientalists, outwrestling, postelection, reluctations, retaliations, selectionist, silhouetting, storytelling, streptolysin, technologist, telephonists, telocentrics, tessellation, testimonials, thistledowns, toploftiness, ventilations, wollastonite.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	I am sure that the American people would welcome a chance to listen to the Soviet leaders on our television-as I would like the Soviet people to hear our leaders on theirs.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
listen to music	8,590	listen to wedding song	50
listen to music online	1,409	listen to cds	45
listen to free music	1,348	listen to song online	39
listen to	322	listen to internet radio	38
listen to song	290	listen to mp3	38
listen to radio	286	listen to your heart	36
listen to free music online	248	listen to rap	30
listen to radio online	218	listen to christian music online	30
listen to country music	126	listen to r b music	29
listen to rap music	120	listen to reggae music	27
listen to gospel music	96	listen to free radio	26
listen to music on the internet	93	listen to love song	26
listen to radio station	87	listen to pop music	26
listen to music.com	82	listen to hip hop	24
listen to christian music	74	listen to live radio station	24
listen to wedding music	73	80s music to listen to	23
listen to arabic music	68	listen to howard stern live	23
listen to police scanner	58	listen to music on the net	20
listen to music on line	54	listen to new music	20
listen to music on the web	53	listen to the lyrics	19
		listen to indian music	19
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	audio, ausculta, auscultabant, auscultans, auscultant, auscultare, auscultate, auscultavi, auscultes, obaudiendo, obaudiens, obaudientia, obaudierit, obaudieritis, obaudit, obaudite, obaudiunt, obaudivimus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "LISTEN TO": listen to me! ♦ listen to reason ♦ listen to smb. ♦ listen to the radio ♦ listen to what follows! ♦ make smb. listen to reason ♦ not listen to the voice of the charmer. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

LISTEN TO

Synonyms within Context: LISTEN TO

Attention

Intelligence Wisdom

Resolution

Crosswords: LISTEN TO

Modern Usage: LISTEN TO

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: LISTEN TO

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: LISTEN TO

Illustrations:LISTEN TO

Photo Album: LISTEN TO

Familiar Quotations: LISTEN TO

A. S. Hardy

Aristophanes

Brigham Young

Confucius

Elizabeth Gaskell

Friedrich Nietzsche

Germain G. Glidden

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Titus Maccius Plautus

Use in Literature: LISTEN TO

Emma

Austen, Jane

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Time Enough for Love

Robert Heinlein

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: LISTEN TO

Spoken Usage: LISTEN TO

Mark Geragos

Marla Hanson

Paul McCartney

Robert Novak

Rush Limbaugh

Sarah Ferguson

Speeches: LISTEN TO

George Washington

Lyndon B. Johnson

George W. Bush

Expressions: LISTEN TO

Frequency of Internet Keywords: LISTEN TO

Modern Translation: LISTEN TO

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Cornish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Illustrations:
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