Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - eavesdrop
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Eavesdrop
eavesdrop
(eavesdrops, eavesdropping, eavesdropped) If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations... The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door. = listen in VERB: V on n, V • eavesdropping ...foreign electronic eavesdropping on army communications. N-UNCOUNT • eavesdropper (eavesdroppers) Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls. N-COUNT
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intransitive verb Etymology: probably back-formation from ~per, literally, one standing under the drip from the eaves Date: 1606 to listen secretly to what is said in private • ~per noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.intr. (-dropped, -dropping) listen secretly to a private conversation. Derivatives eavesdropper n. Etymology: eavesdropper orig. 'one who listens under walls' prob. f. ON upsardropi (cf. OE yf{aelig}sdryp{aelig}): eavesdrop by back-form. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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v. подслушивать (on) Have you been eavesdropping on your neighbour again? Syn: see overhear ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v eavesdropped, eavesdropping to listen secretly to other people's conversations (There was Helena eavesdropping outside the door.) (- compare overhear) - eavesdropper n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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