active listening

English

Noun

active listening (uncountable)

1. The process of attending carefully to what a speaker is saying, involving such techniques as accurately paraphrasing the speaker's remarks.
   • 1999, Deborah Antai-Otong, "Active listening at Work," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 99, no. 2, p. 24L,

     Active listening involves all of the senses, not just hearing.

References

• “active listening” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)