Subaudition Definition
sŭbô-dĭshən
noun
The act or process of understanding or mentally filling in a word or thought implied but not expressed.
Webster's New World
Something thus understood or filled in.
Webster's New World
A word or thought supplied by subaudition.
American Heritage Medicine
Other Word Forms of Subaudition
Noun
Singular:
subaudition
Plural:
subauditionsOrigin of Subaudition
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Late Latin subaudītiō subaudītiōn- from subaudītus past participle of subaudīre to supply an omitted word Latin sub- sub- Latin audīre to hear au- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin subauditio (“the supplying of a word omitted"), from subaudire (“to supply a word omitted"), from sub (“under") + audire (“to hear").
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