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# listener

«listener» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who listens to someone or something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a listener, listeners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who listens to someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#m1)

2) A person who listens to a radio programme or podcast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In speaking and listening lessons pupils learn to be «a good listener»: look at the speaker, do not interrupt, ask questions. In friendship lessons a good listener helps friends feel cared for. In media: radio stations talk to «listeners», like TV talks to «viewers».

### examples

- Be a good listener and look at the person speaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x1)
- My best friend is a great listener. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x2)
- The radio presenter said hello to all the listeners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x3)
- Good listeners don't interrupt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x4)
- The storyteller kept her listeners quiet and excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x5)
- Thousands of listeners called the radio show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x6)
- A good listener asks questions about what you said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x7)
- It is heard by the sleepless listener in the thickly-walled rooms at Borglum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/#x8)

### note

Silent «t»: «listen», «listener» are said without a «t» sound. Countable: a listener, listeners. «-er» means «a person who does it»: listen → listener, read → reader, speak → speaker.

### In the corpora

- [The listener has to finish the picture: if a part is missing, the person's mind is missing a part too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/1/)
- [Good listeners look at the speaker and let them finish before they talk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/12/)
- [Fortune tellers often say things that fit almost anyone, and listeners fill in the details themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/448-the-magicians-trick-explained/37/)
- [The trick is to know both words and use the one your listener knows, like a kid who speaks two kinds of English.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/21-british-and-american-words/4/)
- [Some talk radio and TV shows stir up outrage on purpose, because angry listeners keep listening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «listener» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/listener/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.