listen in
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
Types & categories
- listen hypernym
Sense 2 verb
listen without the speaker's knowledge
the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- eavesdropper derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | listen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eavesdropper |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | listen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wiretap |