audio meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

audio

adj

UK /ˈɔːdi.əʊ/ · US /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/

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

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).1955, The Educational Screen - Volume 34, page 366:
I'm very audio, so I hear words.1997, Arthur Myers, Communicating With Animals, →ISBN:

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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.2010, Dick Lyles, Pearls of Perspicacity, →ISBN:

audio

noun

Usually Sound, or a sound signal.

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.2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:

Derived terms: 38 terms
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Related terms: audible, audio-, audiobook, audio commentary, audio description, audio file, audiovisual, audition, auditive, auditory, dysaudia, video