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listens out

listens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 listens out

What is listens out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Listens out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of listen out.

Words near listens out in the dictionary

  1. listening with half an ear
  2. listenings
  3. listens
  4. listens after
  5. listens in
  6. listens out
  7. listens up
  8. listens with half an ear
  9. lister
  10. Lister's river snail
  11. listerellosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: listens 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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