audiovisual
adjective
au·dio·vi·su·al
ˌȯ-dē-(ˌ)ō-ˈvi-zhə-wəl 
-zhəl,
-zhü(-ə)l
1
: designed to aid in learning or teaching by making use of both hearing and sight
2
: of or relating to both hearing and sight
Examples of audiovisual in a Sentence
The school will buy new audiovisual equipment.
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Both incentives are designed to attract audiovisual and video game projects.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Proimágenes reports that audiovisual production has strongly boosted Colombia’s economy, generating over 570,000 hotel nights and 30,000 airline tickets, benefiting tourism and services nationwide.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Iervolino, who is the president of MIFE, said the federation’s mission is to enable Italian audiovisual content to compete in a structured, continuous, and organized manner on global markets.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Not all of the content was convincing, but a lot of it came close enough—and, in our increasingly audiovisual digital world, that may turn out to represent a more significant Rubicon than the Turing test.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Proimágenes reports that audiovisual production has strongly boosted Colombia’s economy, generating over 570,000 hotel nights and 30,000 airline tickets, benefiting tourism and services nationwide.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Iervolino, who is the president of MIFE, said the federation’s mission is to enable Italian audiovisual content to compete in a structured, continuous, and organized manner on global markets.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Not all of the content was convincing, but a lot of it came close enough—and, in our increasingly audiovisual digital world, that may turn out to represent a more significant Rubicon than the Turing test.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for audiovisual
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“Audiovisual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audiovisual. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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audiovisual
adjective
au·dio·vi·su·al
ˌȯd-ē-ō-ˈvizh(-ə)-wəl
-ˈvizh-əl
: of, relating to, or using both sound and sight
audiovisual teaching aids
Medical Definition
audiovisual
adjective
au·dio·vi·su·al
ˌȯd-ē-(ˌ)ō-ˈvizh(-ə)-wəl, -ˈvizh-əl
: of, relating to, or involving both hearing and sight
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