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Webster 1913 Edition
Listener
Lis′ten-er
(lĭs′’n-ẽr)
, Noun.
One who listens; a hearkener.
Webster 1828 Edition
Listener
LIST'ENER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
listener
listener
English
Noun
listener (plural listeners)
- Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
- 1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, chapter 2:
- […] she would set herself going, telling the most interminable stories, until the last listener was fast asleep […]
- 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men:
- And then her words tumbled out in a passion of communication, as though she hurried before her listener could be taken away.
- 1904, William Henry Hudson, Green Mansions, chapter 2:
- (computing, programming, chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.
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Translations
someone who listens
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(computing) a function that runs in response to an event
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