subaudition

subaudition
/sub'aw dish"euhn/, n.
1. an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
2. something mentally supplied; understood or implied meaning.
[1650-60; < LL subaudition- (s. of subauditio) understanding, i.e., supplying an omitted word. See SUB-, AUDITION]

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  • Subaudition — Sub au*di tion, n. [L. subauditio.] The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied. Trench. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • subaudition — [sub΄ô dish′ən] n. [LL subauditio < subaudire, to understand or supply a word omitted < L sub , under + audire, to hear: see AUDIENCE] 1. the act or process of understanding or mentally filling in a word or thought implied but not expressed …   English World dictionary

  • subaudition — noun Etymology: Late Latin subaudition , subauditio, from subaudire to understand, from Latin sub + audire to hear more at audible Date: 1798 the act of understanding or supplying something not expressed ; a reading between the lines …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • subaudition — noun a) The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed. b) That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed …   Wiktionary

  • subaudition — sub·au·di·tion …   English syllables

  • subaudition — sub•au•di•tion [[t]ˌsʌb ɔˈdɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) psl an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed 2) psl something mentally supplied; understood or implied meaning • Etymology: 1650–60; < LL subauditiō… …   From formal English to slang

  • subaudition — /sʌbɔˈdɪʃən/ (say subaw dishuhn) noun 1. the act of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed. 2. something mentally supplied; understood or implied meaning. {Latin subaudītio} …  

  • subaudition —   n. understanding of something not expressed; thing so understood.    ♦ subaudible,   a. hardly audible.    ♦ subauditur, n. thing understood; implication …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • subaudition — n. 1 the act of mentally supplying an omitted word or words in speech. 2 the act or process of understanding the unexpressed; reading between the lines. Etymology: LL subauditio f. subaudire understand (as SUB , AUDITION) …   Useful english dictionary

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