zuhören — meaning in English

English meaning

• eavesdrop verb To secretly listen in on a conversation you were not meant to hear.
• listen verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.
• listening noun The skill or act of paying attention to spoken sound.

Senses

zuhören is used for these senses in English:

• listen (intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.
• listen (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
• listen in To eavesdrop; to listen secretly.
• listening An act by which something or somebody is listened to.

eavesdrop — full definition

1. verb To secretly listen in on a conversation you were not meant to hear.
2. noun The narrow strip of ground around a house where rainwater drips off the roof.

listen — full definition

1. verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.
2. verb To take someone's advice or do what they say.

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