the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing" (listen) hear with i [..]

the process through which speech and information is retrieved by an individual before proceeding to storage.

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The active process of receiving aural stimuli by hearing, selecting, attending, understanding, evaluating, and remembering. [SB]

The use of the sense of hearing, as well as a range of active behaviours to comprehend information received through gesture, body language and other sensory systems (see active listening).

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Of something or someone that listens. ''Any listening person can tell she's lying.'' Of something that is used in order to hear or to improve the ability to hear. ''He could hear better when h [..]

a four-step process that involves paying attention, attaching meaning, evaluating and responding.

Paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.