Auditory
/ˈɔː.dɪ.tə.ɹi/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Synonym of auditorium. archaic
Adjective
- 1 Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the process of hearing wordnet
Example
More examples"Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign."
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.