audio

Etymology

Clipping of audio-. Cognates include Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “perceive, notice”) whence English aesthetic.

adj

1. Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.
   If you're more audio than visual, tune in on the "A-V Soap Opera" (page 375). 1955, The Educational Screen - Volume 34, page 366
   I'm very audio, so I hear words. 1997, Arthur Myers, Communicating With Animals
   For example, if the person uses visual predicates such as “I see” or “I can't picture that,” the most powerful influencers will respond by saying “Let me show you,” as opposed to “let me explain,” the latter predicate being more audio than visual. 2010, Dick Lyles, Pearls of Perspicacity

noun

1. A sound, or a sound signal.
   Others wryly illustrate appropriated audios, like instructions for quacking like a duck or a letter from an angry airline passenger. April 17, 2009, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times