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Synonyms for listening
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
the act of hearing attentively
You can learn a lot by just listening.
The true synonym
hearing
Same sentence, swapped: You can learn a lot by just hearing.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for listening as it is used in the sentence above.
- looking
- smelling
- tasting
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Closest first: other actions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
fitadjective, nounseton the point of or strongly disposedFoothills2 sensesHas a reason linefixnoun, verblocationa determination of the place where something isFoothills2 sensesHas a reason lineflyingnounflightan instance of traveling by airFoothillsforcenounstrengthphysical energy or intensityFoothills2 sensesrecordingnountranscriptionthe act of making a record (especially an audio record)High Camprecreationnoundiversionan activity that diverts or amuses or stimulatesRidgelinereferencenounconsultationthe act of referring or consultingRidgelineHas a reason linestakeverbpostmark with a stakeFoothills
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