Common Senses: Aud ("Hear")

Learn these words that contain the root aud, from the Latin verb audire, "to hear."

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Hearing: Phon / Aud / Son
Sight: Vid, Vis / Spec, Spect, Spic / Op, Ops, Opt
Touch: Path / Sent, Sens / Tact, Tang
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  1. audio
    a transmitted signal you can hear
    When it comes to audio technology, we've come a long way from two tin cans and a piece of string. BBC (May 20, 2014)
  2. audiology
    the branch of medicine dealing with hearing
    National Hearing Care runs the largest private audiology practice in Australia with 70 clinics. Reuters (Sep 28, 2010)
  3. audiometer
    an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
    Using portable audiometer equipment, she found a difference between the ability to hear before and after the prayers. BBC (Mar 10, 2014)
    audire (to hear) + meter (suffix forming nouns about devices for measuring)
    An audiologist at an audiology clinic might measure your hearing with an audiometer.
  4. audiovisual
    involving both hearing and seeing
    The texts and calls and tweets and Facebook posts and cable news ticker feeds piled up from there, morphing into that familiar buzzing audiovisual din. Salon (May 2, 2011)
  5. audibility
    the quality or fact of being able to be heard
    The constant audibility of life contrasts sharply with the silence of the afterlife. New York Times (Sep 20, 2011)
  6. audible
    heard or perceptible by the ear
    Peter heard his grandfather shuffle back along the hall to his bedroom, and then the low spark as the television caught, the volume turned down, an agitated news commentator barely audible. Pax
  7. inaudible
    impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
    The site converts normally inaudible bat calls into something humans can hear and provides information needed to help visitors identify species. BBC (Oct 3, 2012)
  8. audience
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a performance
    “There’s an audience to whom they do say things,” he said, his voice quickening. New York Times (May 25, 2014)
    Audientum is the present participle of the verb audire. The original meaning of the noun referred to an assembly of people within hearing range.
  9. audile
    of or relating to the process of hearing
    Is appeal made to more than one sense, i.e., audile, visual, tactile, muscular? Davis, Calvin Olin
  10. audit
    attend academic courses without getting credit
    Residents can audit classes free, including courses on foods of the world, basic figure drawing and personal financial management. New York Times (Apr 4, 2014)
    Auditus is the past participle of the verb audire.
    If you audit a course, you sit in and listen, usually without actively participating.
  11. auditor
    a qualified accountant who inspects accounting records
    Auditors found problems in several areas, including the overpayments to employees. Washington Post (Feb 26, 2014)
  12. auditory
    of or relating to the process of hearing
    Those kept in the dark could hear softer sounds and there were changes in the structure of the auditory cortex in the brain. BBC (Feb 6, 2014)
  13. auditive
    of or relating to the process of hearing
    An audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive. Stravinsky, Igor
  14. audition
    a test of the suitability of a performer
    Like “The Voice,” “Idol” thrives on the audition process and contestant backstories, so we expect that will be left intact. Forbes (May 22, 2014)
  15. auditorium
    the area of a theater or hall where the audience sits
    Fifty-two years later, the acoustically vibrant auditorium, with its 30-foot ceiling, is essentially unchanged from the day “Jazz Samba” was recorded. Washington Post
    The suffix orium or arium is often added to indicate a place.
Created on Wed May 28 17:16:07 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Aug 20 15:01:25 EDT 2019)

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