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listening out

listening out is the present participle and gerund of listen out.

Meaning of listen out

Verb

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

  1. To listen attentively for something expected.

Questions about listening out

What is listening out the present participle and gerund of?
Listening out is the present participle and gerund of listen out.

Words near listening out in the dictionary

  1. listening comprehension
  2. listening device
  3. listening devices
  4. listening fatigue
  5. listening in
  6. listening out
  7. listening post
  8. listening posts
  9. listening station
  10. listening stations
  11. listening up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: listening out (page history and authors); listen out (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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