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  • audio
    audio
    adjective
    designating an electronic apparatus using audio frequencies.
  • audio-
    audio-
    a combining form used in the formation of compound words, with the meanings: “sound within the range of human hearing” (audiometer ); “hearing” (audiology ); “sound reproduction” (audiophile ).
Synonyms

audio

1 American  
[aw-dee-oh] / ˈɔ diˌoʊ /

adjective

  1. Electronics. designating an electronic apparatus using audio frequencies.

    audio amplifier.

  2. of, relating to, or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound.

  3. of or relating to frequencies or signals in the audible range.


noun

  • audios
    plural
  1. Television.

    1. the audio elements of television (distinguished from video).

    2. the circuits in a receiver for reproducing sound.

    3. the audio part of a television broadcast.

  2. the field of sound recording, transmission, reception, and reproduction.

audio- 2 American  
  1. a combining form used in the formation of compound words, with the meanings: “sound within the range of human hearing” (audiometer ); “hearing” (audiology ); “sound reproduction” (audiophile ).


audio 1 British  
/ ˈɔːdɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. of or relating to sound or hearing

    audio frequency

  2. relating to or employed in the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound

  3. of, concerned with, or operating at audio frequencies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

audio- 2 British  

combining form

  1. indicating hearing or sound

    audiometer

    audiovisual

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of audio1

First recorded in 1920–25; independent use of audio-

Origin of audio-2

< Latin audī- (stem of audīre to hear) + -o-

Explanation

Audio means sound. If you turn up the volume and turn down the bass on your TV, you adjust the audio. The noun audio always refers to what you can hear, although there are several different ways to use it. If you covet expensive speakers for your stereo, you wish for new audio equipment, and when someone complains about the sound at a movie theater he might say, "The audio is way too loud." Audio was first used as a prefix, in words like audio-frequency, and came to mean "recorded sound" in the 1930s.

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“We just lost our right engine and would like to declare an emergency,” a Coast Guard pilot radioed controllers on the ground, according to audio from the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

We set up two video cameras at each accumulative stone throwing site and placed the recording devices strategically to capture audio data from the areas around these sites.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

The project also includes the restoration of the theater’s historic Art Deco features and auditorium ceiling mural, along with upgraded audio, visual and lighting systems as well as a broadcast room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

His intentional balance of silence and audio amplifies one of the movie’s most famous moments, Adenoid Hynkel’s gibberish speech, into a bombastic, hilarious aural onslaught.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

Foaly boosted the audio signal, filtering out background noise.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Along the way, the camera-equipped, audio- and video-recording devices have become a privacy lightning rod.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The lawyers propose that the evaluations be audio- and video-recorded and last eight hours for adults and four to six hours for children.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2021

The meeting was audio- and video-recorded by Nike’s lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2019

At Bridgewater, most meetings and many common areas are audio- or video-recorded.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2016

Gingrich also faces complaints that he promoted the course from the House floor, pitching the 800 number through which he hoped the C-SPAN audience would buy his audio- and videotapes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Musk said blue-tick subscribers would get priority in replies, mentions and search, and be able to post longer videos and audios, while dealing with half as many ads.

From Reuters Nov. 1, 2022

The latest protest against Lim’s leadership was called after local sports newspaper Superdeporte published leaked audios of club president Anil Murthy.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2022

We never had the opportunity to hear real crash audios, but they gave us transcripts and technical info and a lot of scenarios we put in the story.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2022

Recent terrific audios of new novels include “The Lincoln Highway” and “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2022

Sabo eased himself from the seat, tuning up his audios to their highest sensitivity, moving over to Brownie.

From Derelict by Alan Edward Nourse

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