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listen after

listen after verb: to take notice of.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To take notice of.
    • She pricks up her ears to listen after the voice of her pursuer.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    • Soldiers note Forts, Armouries, and Magazines; Scholars listen after Libraries, Disputations, and Professours.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC

Forms of listen after

third-person singular presentlistens after
present participlelistening after
past participlelistened after
pastlistened after

Questions about listen after

What does listen after mean?
Listen after means to take notice of.
What part of speech is listen after?
Listen after is a verb.
What is the past tense of listen after?
The past tense of listen after is listened after.

Words near listen after in the dictionary

  1. listellos
  2. listels
  3. listeme
  4. listemes
  5. listen
  6. listen after
  7. listen in
  8. listen out
  9. listen to you
  10. listen up
  11. listen with half an ear

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