n. The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which may be heard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. audibilis, fr. L. audire, auditum, to hear: cf. Gr. &unr_; ear, L. auris, and E. ear. ] Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being audible. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be heard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a. ] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit audience find, though few. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of audience, or
Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. --
In general (or
open)
audience, publicly. --
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. audiens, p. pr. of audire. See Audible, a. ] Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. audire to hear. ] (Psychol.) One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the part of a transmitted signal which conveys the sound of the event represented by the signal, such as that of a television program. “they always raise the audio for commercials”
Syn. -- sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 an audible acoustic wave frequency.
Syn. -- audio frequency [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the sound elements of television. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a cassette for audio tape. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. pertaining to a method of teaching language that focuses on listening and speaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the measurement of hearing.
Syn. -- audiometry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + -meter. ] (Acous.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the measurement of hearing.
Syn. -- audiology [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. measuring sensitivity of hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound.
Syn. -- sound system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. magnetic tape for use in recording sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a tape recording of sound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 materials using sight or sound to present information; -- usually used in the plural. “language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals”
Syn. -- audiovisual aid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 pertaining to or using audiovisual aids in teaching or exposition the school's audiovisual department [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + Gr. &unr_; sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. An audience; a hearing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He appeals to a high audit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An examination in general; a judicial examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I can make my audit up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A general receptacle or receiver. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ a little brook ] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audit ale, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. --
Audit house,
Audit room, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Audited; p. pr. & vb. n. Auditing. ] To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To settle or adjust an account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., the complaint having been heard. ] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditio. ] The act of hearing or listening; hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. auditif. ] Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [ R. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditor, fr. audire. See Audible, a. ] 1. A hearer or listener. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States government, and in the State governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of the public accounts. The name is also applied to persons employed to check the accounts of courts, corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Auditory, n. ] 1. The part of a church, theater, or other public building, assigned to the audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was an apartment for the reception of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a building, or a room within a building, containing a large open space for public gatherings, and often having a raised stage where speakers or presentations may be easily viewed by the audience. The students assembled to hear the president speak in the auditorium. [ PJC ]

n. The office or function of auditor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auditorius. ] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Auditory canal (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditorium. ] 1. An assembly of hearers; an audience. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An auditorium. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female hearer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Auditory. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Dim. of L. cauda tail, appendage. ] (Bot.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clair clear + F. & E. audience a hearing. See Clear. ] Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One alleged to have the power of clairaudience. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. claudicans, p. pr. of claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame. ] Limping. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. claudicatio. ] A halting or limping. [ R. ] Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., n. ] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a gaudy manner. Guthrie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gaudy. “Gaudish ceremonies.” Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being inaudible; inaudibleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inaudibilis; pref. in- not + audire to hear: cf. F. unaudible. See In- not, and Audible. ] Not audible; incapable of being heard; silent. -- In*au"di*ble*ness, n. -- In*au"di*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. plaudite do ye praise (which was said by players at the end of a performance), 2d pers. pl. imperative of plaudere. Cf. Plausible. ] A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acclamation; applause; encomium; commendation; approbation; approval. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Applauding; commending. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eng. Law) Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]