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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
| Synonyms: | apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | listen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear and pay attention |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, adopt, attend, audit, auscult, auscultate, be all ears, be attentive, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, get, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, hark, harken, hear out, hear tell, hearken, lend an ear, mind, monitor, obey, observe, overhear, pick up on, prick up ears, receive, take advice, take into consideration, take notice, take under advisement, tune in, tune in on, welcome |
| Notes: | to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear |
| Antonyms: | speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at; listen to |
| Synonyms: | advertise, attend, beam, behold, contemplate, eye, eyeball, flash, gaze, get a load of, give attention, heed, look on, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, overlook, pay attention, pipe, pore over, read, remark, respect, scan, scrutinize, see, spy, stare at, take into consideration, take notice of, view, watch, witness |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, look away |
| Main Entry: | hearken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hear |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, attend, auscultate, be all ears, become aware, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, get an earful, get wind of, get*, give, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, hark, heed, listen, make out, overhear, pick up*, read, strain, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | regard |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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bare, ceremonious, decorous, deferential, emeritus, in deference to, in high esteem, in high estimation, obsequious, on one's knees, prostrate, respected, respectful, respecting, reverenced, reverential, saving your grace, saving your presence, time, with all respect, with due respect, with the hightest respect
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