Associations to the word «Listener»

Wiktionary

LISTENER, noun. Someone who listens, especially to a speech or a broadcast.
LISTENER, noun. (computing) (programming) (chiefly Java) A function that runs in response to an event; an event handler.

Dictionary definition

LISTENER, noun. Someone who listens attentively.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky