subaudition

[ suhb-aw-dish-uhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
2. something mentally supplied; understood or implied meaning.

subaudition

/ ˌsʌbɔːˈdɪʃən /

noun

1. something that is not directly stated but implied
2. the ability or act of understanding that which is only implied

Word History and Origins

Origin of subaudition¹

1650–60; < Late Latin subauditiōn- (stem of subauditiō ) understanding, i.e., supplying an omitted word. See sub-, audition

Word History and Origins

Origin of subaudition¹

C18: from Late Latin subaudīre, from sub- + Latin audīre to hear

Example Sentences

Subaudition, sub-aw-dish′un, n. a sense understood not expressed.

From Project Gutenberg

Richardson's conception is, that there is a subaudition in all these expressions; and that the meaning is, by point and by point; by baron and by baron; by horse and by horse: one and one, as Chaucer writes; each one separately, by him or it-self.

From Project Gutenberg

Away then with all this needless subaudition!

From Project Gutenberg

All authors can do, is to depict men out of their business—in their passions, loves, laughters, amusements, hatreds, and what not—and describe these as well as they can, taking the business part for granted, and leaving it as it were for subaudition.

From Project Gutenberg