Here vs Listen - What's the difference?
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(label) In, on, or at this place.
* 1849 , (Alfred Tennyson), , VII,
* 2008 , (Omar Khadr), ,
(label) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
* 1891 , (Charlotte Perkins Gilman), ,
(label) In this context.
* 1872 May, (Edward Burnett Tylor), '', published in ''(Popular Science Monthly) , Volume 1,
* 1904 January 15, (William James), (The Chicago School)'', published in ''(Psychological Bulletin) , 1.1, pages 1-5,
At this point in the argument or narration.
* 1796 , (w), ,
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= (abstract) This place; this location.
(abstract) This time, the present situation.
An army, host.
A hostile force.
(Anglo-Saxon) An invading army, either that of the enemy, or the national troops serving abroad. Compare (l).
An enemy, individual enemy.
(lb) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
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*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 (lb) To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
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*:He reined Wrangle to a walk, halted now and then to listen , and then proceeded cautiously with shifting and alert gaze.
(lb) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
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*:Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest.
To hear (something or someone), to pay attention to.
*1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur) , Book XX:
*:‘But, sir, lyars ye have lystened , and that hath caused grete debate betwyxte you and me.’
*1592 , (William Shakespeare), : v 3
*:Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
As nouns the difference between here and listen
is that here is a time while listen is .here
English
(wikipedia here)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
- The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here' to help you. I’m not '''here''' to do anything for you. I’m just ' here to get information.”
- He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
- The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here , may be briefly defined:
- The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here .
- Here , perhaps I ought to stop.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here . Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
Derived terms
* hereabout * hereafter * hereaway * hereby * herein * hereinabove * hereinafter * hereinbefore * hereinbelow * hereof * hereon * hereto * heretofore * hereunder * hereunto * hereupon * herewithNoun
(-)- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
Quotations
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* hence * here- * hereabouts * hither * thereEtymology 2
From Old (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)listen
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}