auditory
auditory Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to the sense of hearing or the anatomical organs involved in perceiving sound.
"The neurologist conducted several tests to evaluate how the patient's brain processes auditory signals."
• noun
An assembly of listeners or spectators gathered for a speech, sermon, or performance (now chiefly literary or archaic).
"The orator paused dramatically, waiting for a hush to fall over the vast auditory."
A lecture hall, nave, or large room in a building set apart for an audience to hear speeches or performances (now archaic, superseded by auditorium).
"Scholars gathered in the university's main auditory to hear the visiting philosopher lecture."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle Ages from Late Latin auditorius ('pertaining to hearing or a hearer'), from Latin audire ('to hear').