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Auditory

//ˈɔː.dɪ.tə.ɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the process of hearing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of audience. archaic

    "...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory..."

  2. 2
    Synonym of auditorium. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

Etymology 2

From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) + -y.

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