| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | absorb | Take in information. |
| 2. | adjudicate | hear and decide legally |
| 3. | apprehend | understand or perceive |
| 4. | ascertain | find out for certain |
| 5. | assimilate | Understand and take in. |
| 6. | attend to | listen carefully to |
| 7. | audibly perceive | perceive by the ear |
| 8. | audit | attend as a listener |
| 9. | aurally perceive | perceive through hearing |
| 10. | be advised | be formally informed |
| 11. | be alerted | be warned or notified |
| 12. | be apprised | be formally kept informed |
| 13. | be briefed | receive necessary information |
| 14. | be informed | be given information |
| 15. | be instructed | be told what to do |
| 16. | be made aware | be caused to know |
| 17. | be notified | be officially told |
| 18. | be told | receive information from someone |
| 19. | be updated | receive new information |
| 20. | be warned | be told about danger |
| 21. | catch | manage to hear something |
| 22. | cock an ear | listen with attention |
| 23. | comprehend | understand what is said |
| 24. | conclude | decide after information |
| 25. | consider | hear and examine officially |
| 26. | construe | interpret in a particular way |
| 27. | cotton on to | come to understand informally |
| 28. | cotton to | come to understand |
| 29. | decode | interpret a message or signal |
| 30. | detect | notice a sound |
| 31. | determine | find out by inquiry |
| 32. | discern | distinguish with the ear |
| 33. | discover | find out information |
| 34. | distinguish | recognize as separate sounds |
| 35. | eavesdrop on | secretly listen to someone |
| 36. | entertain | agree to hear formally |
| 37. | examine | hear and question formally |
| 38. | fathom | understand after thought |
| 39. | find out | learn about something |
| 40. | follow | understand spoken explanation |
| 41. | gather | understand from what is said |
| 42. | get | understand or receive information |
| 43. | give a hearing to | Listen to or consider. |
| 44. | give ear to | listen to attentively |
| 45. | glean | learn from indirect evidence |
| 46. | grasp | understand clearly |
| 47. | harken to | listen to attentively |
| 48. | have it on authority | know from a trusted source |
| 49. | heed | Listen to and consider. |
| 50. | hold a hearing on | officially listen to evidence |
| 51. | identify | recognize a sound source |
| 52. | infer | understand from evidence |
| 53. | intercept | receive secretly in transit |
| 54. | interpret | understand meaning from words |
| 55. | judge | hear and decide a case |
| 56. | know about | be informed concerning |
| 57. | know of | have heard about |
| 58. | learn | come to know by being told |
| 59. | lend an ear to | listen sympathetically to |
| 60. | listen for | try to hear |
| 61. | listen in on | secretly or remotely listen |
| 62. | listen to | pay attention to sound |
| 63. | make out | discern a sound or words |
| 64. | monitor | listen to for checking |
| 65. | notice | become aware of sound |
| 66. | observe | notice or perceive |
| 67. | overhear | hear unintentionally |
| 68. | parse | understand by analyzing language |
| 69. | perceive | become aware of sound |
| 70. | pick out | distinguish among sounds |
| 71. | pick up | notice or receive sound |
| 72. | prick up one’s ears | begin listening attentively |
| 73. | read | understand a signal or message |
| 74. | realize | come to understand |
| 75. | receive | get sound or information |
| 76. | recognize | identify a sound or voice |
| 77. | register | notice and take in |
| 78. | review | examine or hear again |
| 79. | savvy | understand informally |
| 80. | see | understand from explanation |
| 81. | sense | become aware of |
| 82. | sit in on | Attend and listen to. |
| 83. | take evidence | receive proof in court |
| 84. | take heed of | Pay careful attention to. |
| 85. | take in | receive or understand |
| 86. | take one’s meaning | understand what someone means |
| 87. | take testimony | officially hear evidence |
| 88. | try | hear and judge legally |
| 89. | tune in to | listen to a broadcast |
| 90. | twig | suddenly understand informally |
| 91. | uncover | discover hidden information |
| 92. | understand | grasp meaning from words |
| 93. | unearth | Discover or find out information. |
| 94. | unravel | Understand something complicated. |
| 95. | wake up to | Become aware of something. |
| 96. | winkle out | Find out with effort. |
| 97. | wiretap | listen secretly by device |
| 98. | wise up to | become aware of informally |
| 99. | work out | Understand by thinking. |
| 100. | wrap one’s head around | Manage to understand something. |
