active listening
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
active listening (uncountable)
- 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.
- 1999, Deborah Antai-Otong, "Active listening at Work," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 99, no. 2, p. 24L,
References[edit]
- “active listening” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
