auditory
adjective
Simple meaning
Of or relating to the process of hearing.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɔdɪtɔɹi
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Definition
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adjective
Of or relating to the process of hearing
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
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This meaning: Of or relating to the process of hearing
Used this way, auditory is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Nearby words
- auditive , rarer, so it draws attention
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More ways to use auditory
- “Auditory processing.”adjective
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words.
An impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss.
All of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears.
The cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body.
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane.
The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve.
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Synonyms
Sense: of or relating to the process of hearing
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