auditory
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
Adjective
- Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).
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Derived
auditorian auditorily auditory artery auditory bone auditory canal auditory hallucination auditory integration training auditory meatus auditory nerve auditory phonetics auditory processing disorder auditory tube cardioauditory external auditory canal external auditory meatus internal auditory artery internal auditory canal internal auditory meatus nonauditory oculoauditory postauditory preauditory subauditory visuoauditory
Noun
- Synonym of audience.
- ...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory... - 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 7:
- Preaching of Sermons is Speaking to a few of Mankind: Printing of Books is Talking to the whole World. The Parson Prescribes himself, and addresses to the particular Auditory with the Appellation of My Brethren; but he...
- A general murmur of assent arose from his little auditory. - 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC,...
Synonyms: audience
- Synonym of auditorium.
Synonyms: auditorium
Origin
Etymology tree Latin audītōrium English -y English auditory From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) + English -y.