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Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem.
Billy Collins

Meaning of "listener" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LISTENER

listener  [ˈlɪsənə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LISTENER

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Listener is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LISTENER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Listener

Listener may refer to: ▪ A prisoner in a UK jail, specially trained by Samaritans to provide confidential emotional support to other prisoners In media, arts, and entertainment ▪ The Listener , a defunct British magazine, published for most of its history by the BBC ▪ New Zealand Listener, a New Zealand magazine ▪ Listener, a spoken word project from Siloam Springs, Arkansas ▪ The Listener, a Canadian TV series about a telepathic EMT ▪ Ashema the Listener, a character in Marvel Comics In computing ▪ An object in a computer program called an event listener; see Observer pattern...

Definition of listener in the English dictionary

The definition of listener in the dictionary is someone who listens to something or someone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LISTENER


Adana
ˈædənə
air-conditioner
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənə
asana
ˈɑːsənə
bottle-opener
ˈbɒtəlˌəʊpənə
christener
ˈkrɪsənə
commissioner
kəˈmɪʃənə
conditioner
kənˈdɪʃənə
governor
ˈɡʌvənə
hastener
ˈheɪsənə
Helena
ˈhɛlənə
loosener
ˈluːsənə
moistener
ˈmɔɪsənə
opener
ˈəʊpənə
piecener
ˈpiːsənə
practitioner
prækˈtɪʃənə
prisoner
ˈprɪzənə
Ramayana
rɑːˈmaɪənə
softener
ˈsɒfənə
strengthener
ˈstreŋθənə
summoner
ˈsʌmənə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LISTENER

listed building
listed company
listed securities
listed security
listee
listel
listen
listen in
listen to reason
listenability
listenable
listenership
listening
listening device
listening post
lister
lister plough
listeria
listerial
listeriosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE LISTENER

brightener
enlightener
fastener
fattener
flattener
frightener
kindergartener
Kitchener
lightener
optical brightener
paper fastener
shortener
slide fastener
snap fastener
straightener
sweetener
tightener
Velcro fastener
water softener
whitener
zip fastener

Synonyms and antonyms of listener in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «listener» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LISTENER

Find out the translation of listener to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of listener from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «listener» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

听众
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oyente
570 millions of speakers

English

listener
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रोता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُسْتَمِعٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слушатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ouvinte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রোতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auditeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pendengar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuhörer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

聞き手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

듣는 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pendengar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nghe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேட்பவரின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रोत्याचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dinleyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ascoltatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słuchacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слухач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ascultător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακροατής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luisteraar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lyssnare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lytter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of listener

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LISTENER»

The term «listener» is very widely used and occupies the 3.010 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LISTENER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about listener

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10 QUOTES WITH «LISTENER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word listener.
1
Emanuel Ax
All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
2
Russell Banks
I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.
3
Matt Berninger
A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good to me and there isn't a literal explanation. They're not riddles for the listener to solve.
4
Benny Blanco
Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose interest in the first five seconds. But people also like those songs they can relate to and say, 'Yeah, I went through that.'
5
Carla Bley
I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
6
William Jennings Bryan
Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
7
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
8
T Bone Burnett
I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.
9
Amanda Burton
I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.
10
Billy Collins
Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LISTENER»

Discover the use of listener in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to listener and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Illiterate Listener: On Music Cognition, Musicality and ...
In this essay Henkjan Honing makes a case for ‘illiterate listening’, the human ability to discern, interpret and appreciate musical nuances already from day one, long before a single word has been uttered, let alone conceived.
Henkjan Honing, 2011
2
Listener Supported: The Culture and History of Public Radio
The first producer of NPR's legendary "All Things Considered," Mitchell tells the story of public radio from the point of view of an insider, a participant, and a thoughtful observer.
Jack W. Mitchell, 2005
3
When Listeners Talk: Response Tokens and Listener Stance
This book summarises eight of these objects, and explores one, mm, in depth.
Rod Gardner, 2001
4
Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide
Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music.
James M. Keller, 2011
5
The Puppy Listener
An indispensible guide to raising your new puppy from the author of The Dog Listener. From teething to training, this book follows the development of your puppy from new pet to best friend.
Jan Fennell, 2010
6
Music and the Skillful Listener: American Women Compose the ...
Drawing on a wealth of archival and original source material, Von Glahn skillfully employs literary and gender studies, ecocriticism and ecomusicology, and the larger world of contemporary musicological thought to tell the stories of nine ...
Denise Von Glahn, 2013
7
The Symphony: A Listener's Guide
Presents an exhaustive listener's guide to the symphony, replete with musical examples, biographical details, historical background, and commentaries on more than one hundred major works
Michael Steinberg, 1995
8
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music
The major composers from Bach and Bartok to Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky Significant performers from Maurice Andre and Leornard Bernstein to Georg Solti and Yo Yo Ma The landmark works from Appalachian Spring to Don Juan A concise history ...
Tim Smith, 2002
9
The Listener: What If You Could Hear What God Hears?
His wife, his secretary, even his pastor. Sam now has insight into people's hearts. He hears their deepest needs just by being near them. But what can one listener do for a world of souls in need of help?
Terri Blackstock, 2008
10
The Night Listener
As complex and hypnotically engrossing as the best of mysteries, The Night Listener is an astonishing tour de force that moves and challenges Maupin's readers as never before.
Armistead Maupin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LISTENER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term listener is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Aiir Simplifies Listener Texting To Radio Stations | AllAccess.com
AIIR, a radio industry tech company, has launched a brand-new SMS service to complement their already successful STUDIO INBOX product. «All Access Music Group, Jul 15»
2
The Good Listener: Where Are All The Great Lullabies? : All Songs …
[Before we get started, a quick note: If you have any music-related problems you need solved by The Good Listener, email Stephen Thompson ... «NPR, Jul 15»
3
5 Steps To Becoming a Better Listener
In business, one of the most important things we need to learn how to do is listen. If we fail at this simple, yet somewhat overlooked, task we put ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Caption competition: July 25, 2015
Send your captions for the photo above to caption@listener.co.nz, with “Caption Competition No 137” in the subject line. Alternatively, entries ... «New Zealand Listener, Jul 15»
5
The Listener Gifted: Frank Zappa's 'Dance Me This'
In Music and Imagination, the book of his 1951-1952 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, Aaron Copland argued that “music provides the broadest ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
6
Kelly Clarkson performs for MIX 104.1 listener
... Fall Fashion · Real Estate · Double Shot. Names. Kelly Clarkson performs for MIX 104.1 listener. E-Mail. Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
7
A good listener
David Verinder has been with the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System since 2006, when he was named CFO. He was promoted to CEO in ... «Business Observer, Jul 15»
8
Community broadcasting sector puts key listener research out to …
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) has launched a tender process for its national community radio listener survey ... «Radioinfo, Jul 15»
9
Amazon Echo review: Alexa's a great listener, but is awful at search
Cozying up to Alexa, Amazon's voice-controlled Bluetooth speaker, was not going to be easy. Announced last November, the Amazon Echo ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
10
6 ways to become an awesome listener
It takes certain skills to be a good listener; not only to others, but to yourself as well. A good listener can make others feel important, valued, ... «Timesonline.com, Jul 15»

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