audio

1 of 3

adjective

au·​dio ˈȯ-dē-ˌō 

1

: of or relating to acoustic, mechanical, or electrical frequencies corresponding to normally audible sound waves which are of frequencies approximately from 15 to 20,000 hertz

2

a

: of or relating to sound or its reproduction and especially high-fidelity reproduction

b

: relating to or used in the transmission or reception of sound compare video

c

: of, relating to, or utilizing recorded sound

audio

2 of 3

noun

1

: an audio signal

broadly : sound entry 1

2

: the section of television or motion-picture equipment that deals with sound

3

: the transmission, reception, or reproduction of sound

audio-

3 of 3

combining form

1

: hearing

audiometer

2

: sound

audiophile

3

: auditory and

audiovisual

Examples of audio in a Sentence

Adjective

The audio portion of the broadcast was fine but the picture was poor.

They listened to an audio recording of the speech.

Noun

The picture was clear but the audio was very poor.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Anyone who records the channel to a USB key, however, would discover that one of the audio tracks is, in fact, a compressed file. —WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023

Plus, users can look to the audio controls on the side to adjust volume, tracks, and even answer calls. —Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023

The move comes after Moog was acquired by the audio electronics company inMusic in June of this year. —Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2023

Starting next week, computers running the latest Windows software will add a highly visible icon for people to ask Microsoft’s AI for help with tasks such as troubleshooting an audio problem on their computer or summarizing a long online article in Microsoft’s Edge web browser. —Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023

The director, Robert Falls, has brought his 2022 Goodman Theatre production to New York from Chicago; here, the show is produced by Audible, and will be released as an audio drama after its run. —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023

As a student journalist, Milligan traveled to Amble in 1987 for an audio documentary that focused on clinical depression and swimming with dolphins. —Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023

The turntable and speakers were chosen by audio specialist Benjamin Brinkman. —Julie Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023

The court found that Napster had a duty to control, or at least restrict, users infringing on artists’ copyrights through digital audio file distribution. —Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023

Noun

Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. —Story By Jack Schnedler Photos By Marcia Schnedler Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023

TikTok has been a major factor in the song’s growing profile, as a portion of its audio has been used in more than 570,000 clips on the platform to date. —Xander Zellner, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2023

Feeding audio and visual data into the machine learning models behind ChatGPT may also help OpenAI’s long-term vision of creating more human-like intelligence. —WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023

And the company announced that these AirPods Pro — and not the model from last year — will support lossless audio when paired with the upcoming Vision Pro headset next year. —Brandon Widder, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2023

It’s also enabled for WiFi and 3.5mm input for audio. —L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023

Meanwhile, many of the labor unions who previously supported De León have thrown their support behind Santiago, a longtime De León ally who broke with the council member after the audio became public. —David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023

Search Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast or download the audio here. —Joe Noga, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023

Also based in the U.S. and internationally, PRG technology and services include live event broadcasting, audio, video, lighting, rigging and virtual production. —Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

independent use of audio- as adjective

Noun

derivative of audio entry 1, or by shortening of words formed with audio- (as audio-signal)

Combining form

Latin audīre "to hear" + -o- — more at audible entry 1

Note: Probably first in audiometer—see etymology note there.

First Known Use

Adjective

1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing audio

• audio-lingual
• audio-animatronic

• audio-lingual
• audio-animatronic

Kids Definition

audio

1 of 3 adjective

au·​dio ˈȯd-ē-ˌō 

1

: of or relating to electrical or other frequencies occurring in the range of sound waves that can be heard

2

a

: of or relating to sound or its reproduction and especially accurate reproduction

bought new audio equipment

b

: relating to or used in sending or receiving sound compare video entry 2 sense 1

audio

2 of 3 noun

1

: the sending, receiving, or reproducing of sound

2

: the part of television or motion-picture equipment that deals with sound

audio-

3 of 3 combining form

1

: hearing

audiometer

2

: sound

audiophile

3

: auditory and

audiovisual

Etymology

Combining form

derived from Latin audire "to hear"