listening

Questions about listening

What does listening mean?

listening means "the act of hearing attentively".

How many syllables are in listening?

listening has 3 syllables: lis-te-ning. The stress falls on "lis". In IPA it is /ˈlɪsənɪŋ/.

What is another word for listening?

Close synonyms include hearing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is listening a common word?

listening is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.