- listener
- listener 1610s, "one who listens;" agent noun from LISTEN (Cf. listen). Meaning "one who hears a radio broadcast" is from 1912; hence listenership (1938).
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listener — lis‧ten‧er [ˈlɪsnə ǁ ər] noun [countable] someone who listens to a particular radio station or programme: • To recruit country music radio listeners, the station has embarked on some innovative marketing methods. * * * listener UK US /ˈlɪsənər/… … Financial and business terms
Listener — Lis ten*er (l[i^]s n*[ e]r), n. One who listens; a hearkener. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
listener — index bystander Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
listener — [[t]lɪ̱snə(r)[/t]] listeners 1) N COUNT A listener is a person who listens to the radio or to a particular radio programme. I m a regular listener to her show... Each week Dr Buczacki chooses a listener s question and gives a detailed answer. 2)… … English dictionary
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listener — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attentive, good, great, sympathetic ▪ avid, eager ▪ casual ▪ music … Collocations dictionary
listener */ — UK [ˈlɪs(ə)nə(r)] / US [ˈlɪs(ə)nər] noun [countable] Word forms listener : singular listener plural listeners 1) someone who listens to the radio, or to a particular radio programme or radio station The show attracted over 3 million listeners in… … English dictionary
Listener — Le listener, en français écouteur, est un terme anglais utilisé de façon générale en informatique pour qualifier un élément logiciel qui est à l écoute d évènements afin d effectuer des traitements. On distingue notamment : les écouteurs des … Wikipédia en Français
listener — lis|ten|er [ˈlısənə US ər] n 1.) someone who listens to the radio →↑viewer ▪ a new programme for younger listeners 2.) a good/sympathetic listener someone who listens carefully and sympathetically to other people … Dictionary of contemporary English
