audible meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

audible

adj

UK /ˈɔː.dɪ.bəl/ · US /ˈɔ.dɪ.bəl/

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

Able to be heard.

"Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

Synonyms: audible, clear, hearable
Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent, soundless
Derived terms: audibility, audibilize, audibleness, audibly, nonaudible, semiaudible, subaudible, superaudible, unaudible
Related terms: audio, auditory, homophonic, monophonic, phonic, polyphonic, stereophonic, infrasonic, sonic, subsonic, ultrasonic, phonetic, sonant
Hypernyms: perceptible
Hyponyms: noisy, quiet, silent, euphonious, cacophonous, boingy, curmurring, gruff, mugient, piping, reedy, rapping, sepulchral, sibilant, sonorous, stridulous, tinnient, tinny, whistling

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

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