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lisen

lisen 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 lisen

third-person singular presentlisens
present participlelisening
past participlelisened
pastlisened

Origin of lisen

A respelling of listen.

Questions about lisen

What is lisen the eye dialect spelling of?
Lisen is the eye dialect spelling of listen.

Words near lisen in the dictionary

  1. lisdex
  2. lisdexamfetamine
  3. lisdextroamphetamine
  4. Lisduff
  5. Lise
  6. lisen
  7. lisena
  8. lisenas
  9. Lisenbee
  10. Lisenbees
  11. Lisenby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lisen (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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