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Meaning of listener | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈlɪsənə

Definitions

  1. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
  2. hearing
  3. A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
  4. A person's ear.
    slang
  5. hearer, hearing person
  6. A musical anthology.
    formal
  7. auditor, unregistered student, student who sits in lectures despite not being an official student

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca dinləyici eşidən
Беларуская слухач слухачка
Català oient
Čeština posluchač
Esperanto aŭskultanto
Español escucha escuchador escuchante oyente
Euskara entzule
Français Auditeur auditrice écouteur écouteuse
Galego ouvinte
हिन्दी श्रोता
Magyar hallgató
Հայերեն ունկնդիր
Bahasa Indonesia pendengar
Қазақша тыңдаушы
Македонски слушател слушателка
Bahasa Melayu pendengar
မြန်မာဘာသာ သောတရှင်
Nederlands luisteraar toehoorder
Português ouvinte
Slovenčina poslucháč
Kiswahili msikilizaji
ไทย ผู้ฟัง
Tagalog tagapakinig
Türkçe dinleyici
Українська слухач слухачка
Tiếng Việt thính giả

Examples

“[…] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep[…]”
“And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.”
“Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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