subaudition
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin subauditio (“the supplying of a word omitted”), from subaudire (“to supply a word omitted”), from sub (“under”) + audire (“to hear”).
Noun[edit]
subaudition (plural subauditions)
- The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed.
- That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed.
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Further reading[edit]
- “subaudition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “subaudition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “subaudition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.