listening

Definition

Of something or someone that listens.

Etymology

From Middle English listnynge, lustninde, from Old English hlysnende, equivalent to listen + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "Any listening person can tell she's lying."
• "He could hear better when he used his listening device."
• "The safest cover lay close under the wall of the cañon, and here through the dense thickets Venters made his slow, listening advance toward the oval."