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lis'en

lis'en is the eye dialect spelling of listen.

Meaning of listen

Verb

listen (third-person singular simple present listens, present participle listening, simple past and past participle listened)

  1. (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.
    • Please listen carefully as I explain.
    Antonyms:
    ignore
  2. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
    • Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK?
    Synonyms:
    mind
    Antonyms:
    disregard

See all 3 meanings of listen

Forms of lis'en

third-person singular presentlis'ens
present participlelis'ening
past participlelis'ened
pastlis'ened

Origin of lis'en

A respelling of listen.

Questions about lis'en

What is lis'en the eye dialect spelling of?
Lis'en is the eye dialect spelling of listen.

Words near lis'en in the dictionary

  1. lirulae
  2. lirulas
  3. lirulæ
  4. lis
  5. lis pendens
  6. lis'en
  7. lis'ened
  8. lis'ening
  9. lis'ens
  10. Lisa
  11. Lisa Simpson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lis'en (page history and authors); listen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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