| listen | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. listen | hear with intention.; "Listen to the sound of this cello" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense. |
| ~ hear out | listen to every detail and give a full hearing to. |
| ~ listen in | listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation. |
| ~ advert, give ear, pay heed, attend, hang | give heed (to).; "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" |
| ~ hark, harken, hearken | listen; used mostly in the imperative. |
| ~ eavesdrop, listen in | listen without the speaker's knowledge.; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations" |
| v. (perception) | 2. hear, listen, take heed | listen and pay attention.; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ incline | bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well.; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man" |
| v. (social) | 3. heed, listen, mind | pay close attention to; give heed to.; "Heed the advice of the old men" |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
| sense | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. sense | a general conscious awareness.; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self" |
| ~ awareness, cognisance, cognizance, knowingness, consciousness | having knowledge of.; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" |
| ~ sense of direction | an awareness of your orientation in space. |
| ~ sense of responsibility | an awareness of your obligations. |
| n. (communication) | 2. sense, signified | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.; "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"; "in the best sense charity is really a duty"; "the signifier is linked to the signified" |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ word meaning, word sense, acceptation | the accepted meaning of a word. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency | the faculty through which the external world is apprehended.; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" |
| ~ faculty, mental faculty, module | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind. |
| ~ sense modality, sensory system, modality | a particular sense. |
| ~ sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.; "sensitivity to pain" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense | sound practical judgment.; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" |
| ~ sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment | the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. |
| ~ logic | reasoned and reasonable judgment.; "it made a certain kind of logic" |
| ~ nous | common sense.; "she has great social nous" |
| ~ road sense | good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. sense | a natural appreciation or ability.; "a keen musical sense"; "a good sense of timing" |
| ~ appreciation, grasp, hold | understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something.; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices" |
| v. (perception) | 6. feel, sense | perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ feel | be felt or perceived in a certain way.; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" |
| v. (perception) | 7. sense | detect some circumstance or entity automatically.; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization" |
| ~ detect, discover, notice, observe, find | discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. sense, smell, smell out | become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" |
| ~ perceive | become conscious of.; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. sense | comprehend.; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| hear | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. hear | perceive (sound) via the auditory sense. |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ overhear, take in, catch | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" |
| ~ catch, get | perceive by hearing.; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted" |
| ~ get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail" |
| ~ wise up | get wise to.; "They wised up to it" |
| ~ trip up, catch | detect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator" |
| ~ ascertain | learn or discover with certainty. |
| ~ discover, find | make a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" |
| ~ witness, see, find | perceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" |
| v. (social) | 3. hear, try | examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process.; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California" |
| ~ probe, examine | question or examine thoroughly and closely. |
| ~ rehear, retry | hear or try a court case anew. |
| v. (perception) | 4. hear | receive a communication from someone.; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" |
| ~ receive, pick up | register (perceptual input).; "pick up a signal" |
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