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# audio

noun (audio — uncountable); adjective (audio)

«audio» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Audio means sound, especially recorded or broadcast sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#m1)
2. As an adjective, audio means to do with sound, as in «an audio book», «audio equipment». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#m2)
3. In computing, audio is the sound part of a video or a file. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#m3)

### In the lessons

In computing and media lessons (audio files, recording podcasts), in everyday life (audiobooks, audio guides in museums); phrases: audio file, audiobook, audio guide, audio description.

### Examples

- The audio on the video was too quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x1)
- I listen to audiobooks on long car trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x2)
- We recorded an audio file of our poem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x3)
- The museum had an audio guide in five languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x4)
- Check that the audio cable is plugged in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x5)
- The audio and the picture were out of sync. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «the audio», not «an audio». From Latin «I hear», like «audience» and «audition». Opposite in media: «video» (picture).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «audio» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audio/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«audio» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/audio.html) on Mova free.