Recent Examples on the Web The last minute of the call includes an audible series of gunshots in the background, possibly from the shooting of John Snowling by deputies. — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times , 1 Sep. 2023 The discussion of Trump’s legal troubles and his influence within the Republican party marked one of the more dramatic moments of the night, eliciting audible reactions from the crowd and a fodder of intense on-stage exchanges. — Time , 24 Aug. 2023 In 2000, Democrat Al Gore was mocked for his audible sighs during his debate with George W. Bush, as well as his decision to walk over and stand in front of Bush at one point in the debate. — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 23 Aug. 2023 Now, in a scientific milestone 18 years after Johnson's stroke, an experimental technology has translated her brain signals into audible words, enabling her to communicate through a digital avatar. — Aria Bendix, NBC News , 23 Aug. 2023 The city plans to install audible pedestrian signals, also known as accessible pedestrian signals, at three intersections downtown. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 22 Aug. 2023 At Farquhar’s end-of-year staff meeting during which teachers gave speeches to honor each departing educator, multiple attendees said there were audible gasps when Beidleman skipped over her name. — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post , 11 Aug. 2023 Immediately after making the announcement, Flowers was met with audible boos from the crowd. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2023 Seconds later the fire dispatcher is punching the audibles for Company 100, Company 8, and Station 4, trailed by the warble that signifies an MVA, a motor-vehicle accident. — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health , 17 Aug. 2023 That one, played nearly at the end of the night, seemed to have been called by Costello as an audible . — Chris Willman, Variety , 15 July 2023 Seeking only its third head football coach in 43 years, venerable, staid Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High called an audible in December. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2023 The past two, under Liam Coen and Rich Scangarello, have mirrored the pro-style offenses deployed by teams like the 49ers, Rams, Vikings and Browns, with under-center play-action and audibles . — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Mar. 2023 Second choice Fort Bragg (5-1 odds) originally was slated to run in Sunday’s Sunland Derby before trainer Tim Yakteen called an audible . — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 26 Mar. 2023 The historic regular-season run of Bruce Arena’s Revolution has prompted Gillette Stadium and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to call an audible for the eight high school football state finals set for the first weekend of December. — BostonGlobe.com , 27 Oct. 2021 When Davis saw the audience’s overwhelming reaction to it on the first few dates of his new tour, the label called an audible . — Tom Roland, Billboard , 7 Mar. 2023 Plus, Rodgers has always been good at protecting himself — audibling to quick passes, or throwing the ball away quickly to avoid sacks. — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Aug. 2023 Sonifications have, in fact, already been used for research, including by the astrophysicist Wanda Díaz-Merced, who has been blind since her 20s and now works at the European Gravitational Observatory in Cascina, Italy. SYSTEM Sounds isn’t the only group trying to make the cosmos audible . — Ramin Skibba, WIRED , 7 July 2023 Then, on May 24, two days before the end of the school year, sirens filled Main Street, audible from nearly every corner in town. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 29 May 2023 The snap that turned into the touchdown came to McCarron as a run call before the quarterback audibled to the pass. — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al , 2 Apr. 2023 Teachers and staff members, hiding in rooms, bathrooms and closets across the Covenant School and its church, whispered prayers and pleas for help on the line, children’s voices and gunshots audible in the background. — Emily Cochrane, New York Times , 2 Apr. 2023 Planes take off from Sky Harbor Airport beyond the south goal, their engines audible but not overbearingly loud. — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2023 Anybody who watches the film, Hooker believes, will see a quarterback asked to make calls at the line of scrimmage, asked to audible , asked to make longer throws than most of the screen-heavy offenses that dominate college football these days. — The Indianapolis Star , 6 Mar. 2023

Adjective

borrowed from Late Latin audībilis, from Latin audīre "to hear" + -bilis "subject to or capable of (the action of the verb)"; audīre perhaps going back to Indo-European *h ₂ eu̯is- "evident, manifest" (akin, with varying vowel placement and ablaut grades, to Greek aḯein "to perceive, hear," Sanskrit āvíṣ "evidently," Avestan auuiš, Old Church Slavic avě, javě "clearly, manifestly," Lithuanian ovyje "in reality," Hittite au-/u- "see, look") + *dheh ₁ - "put, place" — more at do entry 1 , -able

Note: Though there is general agreement in the etymological literature on the identity of the first element of audiō, audīre, the second element is problematic. If audiō goes back to a pre-Latin *áwizdijō, the outcome of the cluster *-zdh- as -d- conflicts with its apparent outcome elsewhere as -st-, as in hasta "spear" (see yard entry 2 ) and perhaps in custōs "guardian" (see custody ). (The cluster -zd- without an aspirate regularly yields loss of -z- with lengthening of the preceding vowel, as in nīdus "nest" from *nizdos —see nest entry 1 .)

derivative of audible entry 1

derivative of audible entry 2

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1961, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1959, in the meaning defined above

The first known use of audible was in the 15th century See more words from the same century “Audible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audible. Accessed 15 Sep. 2023.

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