Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: otic, acoustic, aural, auricular
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: audience
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of auditorium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: auditorium
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to the process of hearing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: audile, auditive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).
Etymology tree Latin audītōrius Latin audītōrium English -y English auditory From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) + English -y.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
