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LISTEN IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "listen in" is one way to...):
listen (hear with intention)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Listen without the speaker's knowledge
Example:
the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations
Synonyms:
eavesdrop; listen in
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "listen in" is one way to...):
listen (hear with intention)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "listen in"):
bug; intercept; tap; wiretap (tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
