auscultate

[aw-skuhl-teyt] / ˈɔ skəlˌteɪt /

VERB

hear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attend get listen overhear pick up read

STRONG

apprehend catch descry devour eavesdrop hark hearken heed strain

WEAK

be all ears become aware get an earful get wind of give an audience to give attention give ears make out take in

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore lose misunderstand

VERB

hearken

Synonyms

STRONG

apprehend attend catch descry devour eavesdrop get give hark heed listen overhear read strain take

WEAK

be all ears become aware get an earful get wind of give an audience to give attention give ears make out pick up

Antonyms

STRONG

abstain be immune calm disregard fail hold ignore keep lose miss misunderstand neglect soothe

VERB

listen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept admit attend get observe take notice tune in

STRONG

adopt audit catch concentrate eavesdrop entertain hark harken hearken mind monitor obey overhear receive welcome

WEAK

auscult be all ears be attentive get a load of give an audience to give attention give heed to hang on words hear out hear tell lend an ear pick up on prick up ears take advice take into consideration take under advisement tune in on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny dispute ignore miss refuse reject

STRONG

disobey disregard forget neglect turn away

WEAK

speak talk

Example Sentences

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I wanted to auscultate, but that was not an option.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2020

If a student can auscultate correctly, or make up a prescription, at an examination, he will in all probability be able to do so in other circumstances.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

Quotlibet huc, ubicunque hominum, auscultate canenti, Si breve vos teneam;—non ego longus ero.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various

Audite hoc Sacerdotes, et attendite Domus Isra�l, et Domus Regis auscultate; quia vobis Judicium est, quoniam Laquens facti estis Speculationi et rete expansum super Thabor.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson

Paramón Paramónitch felt his pulse, looked at his tongue, interrogated him after a fashion, and finally announced that it was indispensably necessary to "auscultate" him.

From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

auscultate

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