# listen to

CEFR A1 · Phrasal verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/listen-to
Updated: 2026-07-27

## Definition

To pay attention to a sound, some music, or what a person is saying, using your ears.

For teachers: To direct one's attention to a sound, utterance, or piece of audio; also figuratively, to heed or act on advice. Takes "to" before the object.

## Examples

- I listen to music on the way to school.
- Please listen to the safety instructions before the plane takes off.
- If he had listened to his doctor's advice a year earlier, the whole operation might have been avoided.

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