subaudition
noun
- the act or process of understanding or mentally filling in a word or thought implied but not expressed
- something thus understood or filled in
See subaudition in American Heritage Dictionary 4
sub·au·di·tion
noun- The act of understanding and mentally supplying a word or thought that has been implied but not expressed.
- A word or thought supplied by subaudition.
Origin: Late Latin subaudītiō, subaudītiōn-, from subaudītus, past participle of subaudīre, to supply an omitted word : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin audīre, to hear; see au- in Indo-European roots.
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