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aud
(AWD)to hear
Latin for hearing. Anything an audience does, anything audible, anything for an audition — all involve hearing.
rootLatin
Senses & perceptionSpellings:audaudi
The story behind this root
Latin audire meant to hear. An audience is literally a group of hearers; an audition is a chance to be heard. The L.6.4b standard cites these three: audience, auditory, audible.
Example words
audience
a group of people who listen
audible
able to be heard
auditory
having to do with hearing
audition
a chance to be heard for a part
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 4, 5, 6
- L.4.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
- L.6.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
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