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# listener

noun (a listener, listeners)

«listener» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who listens to someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#m1)
2. A person who listens to a radio programme or podcast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#m2)

### In the lessons

In speaking and listening lessons pupils learn to be «a good listener»: look at the speaker, do not interrupt, ask questions. In friendship lessons a good listener helps friends feel cared for. In media: radio stations talk to «listeners», like TV talks to «viewers».

### Examples

- Be a good listener and look at the person speaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x1)
- My best friend is a great listener. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x2)
- The radio presenter said hello to all the listeners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x3)
- Good listeners don't interrupt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x4)
- The storyteller kept her listeners quiet and excited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x5)
- Thousands of listeners called the radio show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x6)
- A good listener asks questions about what you said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x7)
- It is heard by the sleepless listener in the thickly-walled rooms at Borglum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x8)

### Note

Silent «t»: «listen», «listener» are said without a «t» sound. Countable: a listener, listeners. «-er» means «a person who does it»: listen → listener, read → reader, speak → speaker.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «listener» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«listener» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/listener.html) on Mova free.