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auditory

[ aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee- ]

adjective

  1. Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
  2. perceived through or resulting from the sense of hearing:

    auditory hallucinations.



noun

, Archaic.
, plural au·di·to·ries.
  1. an assembly of hearers; audience.
  2. an auditorium, especially the nave of a church.

auditory

/ ˈɔːdɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to hearing, the sense of hearing, or the organs of hearing


noun

  1. an archaic word for audience auditorium

auditory

/ ôdĭ-tôr′ē /

  1. Relating to or involving the organs or sense of hearing.


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Other Words From

  • audi·tori·ly audi·tori·al·ly adverb
  • post·audi·tory adjective
  • pre·audi·tory adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of auditory1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin audītōrius relating to hearing. See auditor, -tory 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of auditory1

C14: from Latin audītōrius relating to hearing, from audīre to hear

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Example Sentences

Researchers have developed promising ways of detecting depression from a combination of visual and auditory signals.

Visual and auditory information go there by a more circuitous route.

In auditory research, we know you can synchronize your brain with any kind of stimulus.

If the neural network accurately modeled the human auditory system, then the metamers should sound the same, too.

Your Voice Tweets should establish an auditory identity while staying consistent with your brand’s style and personality.

The lawyer claims that Hernandez has suffered from visual as well as auditory hallucinations.

As they walked up a path toward West End Avenue, I mustered the courage to move a few feet closer, within auditory range.

It has no external ears, but only auditory passages concealed under the hair.

As the auditory bullae become more inflated, the index increases toward 100.

The diagnostic characters were the length and breadth of the rostrum and the relatively great inflation of the auditory bullae.

Acoustic, a-kowst′ik, adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing or to the theory of sounds: used in hearing, auditory.

The body may be compared to a harp of two chords,—the optic nerve and the auditory nerve.

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