audio

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɔː.di.əʊ/
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/ˈɔː.di.əʊ/ · /ˈoːdɪjəw/ · /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/(US) · [ˈɔ.ɾi.oʊ](US) · /ˈɑ.di.oʊ/ · [ˈɑ.ɾi.oʊ] · /ˈɒd.i.oʊ/ · [ˈɒɾ.i.oʊ] · /ˈoː.di.əʉ/ · /ˈoː.di.ɐʉ/ · /ˈɔ.de.o/ · /ˈɔ.dɪ.o/ · /ˈɔ.di.o/

Definition of audio

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
    “If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).”
    “I'm very audio, so I hear words.”
    “For example, if the person uses visual predicates such as “I see” or “I can't picture that,” the most powerful influencers will respond by saying “Let me show you,” as opposed to “let me explain,” the latter predicate being more audio than visual.”
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adj

  1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
    “If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375).”
    “I'm very audio, so I hear words.”
    “For example, if the person uses visual predicates such as “I see” or “I can't picture that,” the most powerful influencers will respond by saying “Let me show you,” as opposed to “let me explain,” the latter predicate being more audio than visual.”

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)Sound, or a sound signal.
  2. (countable, usually)A piece of sound that is recorded electronically.
    “I DMed him an audio of myself singing the South Park intro.”
    “Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios, like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

Anagrams of audio

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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