listen in
verb
listened in;
listening in;
listens in
Definition of listen in
1
: to tune in to or monitor a broadcast
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Other Words from listen in
listener-in
\ ˌlis-nər-ˈin 
, ˌli-sᵊn-ər- \
noun
, ˌli-sᵊn-ər- \
noun
Examples of listen in in a Sentence
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What follows is a truncated version of my Q&A with Quartz managing editor Kira Bindrim, including questions submitted directly by those listening in. — Marc Bain, Quartz, "10 questions about the fashion resale market, answered," 19 Aug. 2019 ESL Conversation Club: An informal and respectful place for new English learners to practice speaking and listening in English. — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, "West Valley calendar of events for the week of Aug. 16," 16 Aug. 2019 The media monitors records of police calls and listens in to scanner traffic; The News also reviews bookings into the county jails to see if there are major crimes of public interest that should be reported. — Cary Aspinwall, Dallas News, "Police responded to his 911 call for help. He died. What happened to Tony Timpa?," 2 Aug. 2019 Others listened in remotely to presentations from three panels. — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, "State committee hears affordable housing plans in San Diego," 21 July 2019 Levey also listened in as a federal appeals court in New Orleans heard the latest legal challenge to Obamacare. — David Lauter, latimes.com, "As Trump retreats on census, outlines of next battle come into focus," 12 July 2019 Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are listening in. — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, "Ivanka Trump makes history — at the G20 summit, in North Korea and in #Unwantedvanka parody memes," 1 July 2019 Cybereason says Operation Soft Cell didn’t involve real-time snooping, meaning hackers weren’t listening in on calls or reading text messages. — Eva Dou, WSJ, "Global Telecom Carriers Attacked by Suspected Chinese Hackers," 24 June 2019 Some of that evidence came from incriminating intercepts from the various wiretaps over which agents had for months been listening in on the kingpin and his underlings. — Alan Feuer, New York Times, "‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Sentenced to Life in Prison, Ending Notorious Criminal Career," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'listen in.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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