listen

verb37 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.9

to listen with great care and focus

to listen with intense focus on details

to listen without making any noise

to listen because you are interested

to listen without speaking or making a sound

to listen without speaking

to listen with fixed and earnest attention

to listen with careful attention

to listen as a matter of good manners

to listen while showing respect

to listen with a lot of effort

to listen without becoming annoyed or anxious

to listen with full engagement and participation

to listen in a way that shows you understand and care about someone's problems

to listen in a calm and composed manner

to listen with only partial attention

to listen with strong and impatient desire

to listen very little or not at all

to almost not listen at all

to listen while feeling worried or nervous

to listen with a feeling of great respect and wonder

to listen with great eagerness and enthusiasm

to listen without responding or interacting

to listen with complete and fascinated attention

to listen in a lazy or aimless way

to listen without real interest or enthusiasm

to listen to something while you are busy with another activity

to give your attention to a sound, a speaker, music, etc.

to wait for a sound that you are expecting

expressing necessity or obligation to listen

giving advice or suggesting that listening is the right thing to do

used for hypothetical situations or refusal in the past (esp. with 'not')

used to express intention or willingness to listen in the future

to show that you are not willing to listen

to be happy to listen if someone wants you to

to be ready and willing to listen

to make no effort to listen

Collocations with "listen"

listen + ...