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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well pull up an ice block and lend an ear. (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller) | |
Lyrics | I'll sit down and lend an ear (And The Tide Rushes In; performing artist: The Moody Blues) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "LEND AN EAR": lend an ear to ♦ to lend an ear. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "LEND AN EAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ia vë veshin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чувам (hear, pick up, understand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | popřát sluchu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kallistaa korvansa jollekin (lend an ear to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meghallgat valakit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 耳'貸す (to lend an ear to, to listen to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | みみ'かす (to lend an ear to, to listen to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endlay anay earay prestar atenção (attend, listen, mind, pay attention). (various references) da ascultare la (give an ear to, lend an ear to), a-şi pleca urechea la (give ear to, lend an ear to). (various references) выслушать. (various references) saslušati (hear, interrogate, listen). (various references) lyssna på (attend to, listen in to, listen to), låna sitt öra. (various references) ฟัง (lend an ear to, listen, listen to). (various references) kulak vermek (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, heed, lend one's ear, listen carefully, mind, pay attention, take heed of), dinlemek (attend, follow, hark, harken, hear, hearken, lend one's ear, listen, listen to, obey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r" | |
-1 letter: annealed, annealer. | |
-2 letters: adrenal, aneared, learned. | |
-3 letters: aneled, anneal, darnel, dealer, earned, endear, ennead, lander, lanner, leaden, leader, leaned, leaner, lender, neared, randan, relend. | |
-4 letters: aland, alane, alder, anear, anele, annal, areae, areal, arena, denar, eared, eland, elder, ender, laden, lader, laree, learn, naled, ranee, redan, renal. | |
-5 letters: alae, alan, alar, alee, anal, anna, area. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-l-n-n-r" | |
+1 letter: adrenaline. | |
+2 letters: adrenalines, alexandrine, engarlanded, neanderthal. | |
+3 letters: alexandrines, neanderthals. | |
+4 letters: determinantal, nondegradable, noradrenaline. | |
+5 letters: nondegradables, noradrenalines, pardonableness, renationalized, transcendental, understandable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Expressions 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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