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subaudi

adj · adv · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -aʊdi

1

adj

Meaning 1

Mentally supplied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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2

adv

Meaning 2

By or relying upon mental suppletion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

verb

Meaning 3

Mentally supply (something which has not been expressed); scilicet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: imperative-only, obsolete

Examples

  • the grass is always greener [subaudi on the other side of the fence] — other circumstances seem more desirable than one’s own, but in reality are often not

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From the Latin subaudī, the second-person singular present active imperative form of subaudiō (“to understand, to supply a word”), from sub (“under”) + audiō (“to hear, to listen”).