subaudition

English

Etymology

From Latin subauditio (“the supplying of a word omitted”), from subaudire (“to supply a word omitted”), from sub (“under”) + audire (“to hear”).

Noun

subaudition (plural subauditions)

1. The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed.
2. That which is understood or supplied from that which is expressed.

Related terms

• subaudi

Further reading

• “subaudition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “subaudition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “subaudition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.