| address |
An address is a speech that is given by an important person while other people listen. [1/6 definitions] |
| attend |
When you attend to what the teacher says, it means that you listen to what the teacher says. [1/4 definitions] |
| attention |
When you give something your attention, you look at it, or listen to it, or think about it. When something is not interesting or important, or you don't need to know about it, you might not give it your attention. [1/3 definitions] |
| audio |
Anything audio has something to do with sound. An audio book is a book that you can hear being read. An audio tape is a tape that has sound recorded on it and that you can listen to. [1/3 definitions] |
| beautiful |
If something is beautiful, people love to look at it, listen to it, or experience it. |
| beauty |
When something has beauty, people love to look at it, listen to it, or experience it. |
| cassette |
A cassette is a case, usually made of plastic, that has film, audio tape, or video tape inside. You put the cassette inside a tape player to watch a movie or listen to the recording on the tape. |
| CD1 |
abbreviation of "compact disk," a round, flat disk that sound can be recorded on and that people can listen to. Other types of information can be stored on a CD also. The information on a CD is in the same form as the information stored in a computer. It is digital information. You play a CD on a special device that has a laser in it that can "read" the information on the CD. |
| compact disk |
A compact disk is a round, flat disk that sound can be recorded on and that people can listen to. Other types of information can be stored on a compact disk also. We often use the abbreviation "CD" when we talk about compact disks. The information on a CD is in the same form as the information stored in a computer. It is digital information. You play a CD on a special device that has a laser in it that can "read" the information on the CD. |
| court |
A court is the judges or other people in a court of law who listen to everything presented to them and make decisions. A court decides what is legal and what is not, and a court decides if a person or group has broken the law or not. [1/7 definitions] |
| deaf |
not willing to listen to the ideas or advice of others. [1/2 definitions] |
| declare |
When you declare something, you say it in a strong way because you want people to listen to you seriously and believe you. [1/3 definitions] |
| eavesdrop |
to listen to other people talk without letting them know. |
| entertain |
When something entertains you, it interests you or gives you pleasure when you watch it, read it, or listen to it. If a show entertains you, you want to keep watching it. Something that entertains you might make you smile or laugh. [1/3 definitions] |
| headphone |
Headphones are something you wear over your head and against your ears to listen to music or other sound. Headphones make the sound clearer and let you hear the sound without other people hearing it. |
| hear |
to listen to carefully. [1/5 definitions] |
| heed |
to give one's attention to; listen to; take notice of. [1/2 definitions] |
| jury |
a group of people called to a court of law who listen to the facts of a case and decide its outcome. [1/2 definitions] |
| listen |
When you listen, you use your ears and pay attention to words that someone speaks or to sounds coming from somewhere. When someone wants you to listen to them, they want you to give your attention to what they are saying. When you listen to music, you hear it and pay attention to it. [2 definitions] |
| melody |
A melody is a string of musical sounds that you can follow as you listen. A melody is something that can be sung because it is made up of individual notes. Often when we talk about a melody, we mean the string of sounds that can be heard most clearly in a song. The melody is the part that most people will sing when they hear the song. |
| minute1 |
When we talk about the minutes of a meeting, we mean the written report of what people did or discussed at the meeting. At some kinds of meetings, there is a person who "takes the minutes." This person's task is just to listen and take notes so that the things that people have said or decided are recorded. [1/3 definitions] |