Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the air or to an aura.
- Relating to the ear: as, the aural orifice; aural surgery.
- Perceived by the ear; learned by hearing; auricular.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the ear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
ear . - adjective Of or pertaining to
sound . - adjective Of or pertaining to an
aura .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characterized by an aura
- adjective of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both kinds may hold information, the minimum requirement to call an aural disturbance a “communication” rather than simply “noise.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Computer-generated sounds on prerecorded tape, which the composer refers to as aural "wallpaper," are added periodically to the rich instrumental mix.
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Both kinds may hold information, the minimum requirement to call an aural disturbance a “communication” rather than simply “noise.”
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Thus, we can call the aural boundaries "natural" boundaries, and other boundaries "artificial."
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I'd even give a nod to their live accompaniment to “Planet Earth,” the mother of all nature documentaries; you could argue that live music is a kind of aural HD accompaniment to the film's remarkable nature footage.
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But a news station is not a place to carry through the Disney mission with a kind of "aural" branding.
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McLuhan partly bemoaned the rise of the alphabet because it helped destroy an "aural" space that he believed was "cooler."
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They're all compilations or home recordings of one kind or another, and together they represent a kind of aural inventory of my changing tastes, fortunes and moods since the early 1990s.
Past masters Alistair Myles 2005
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They're all compilations or home recordings of one kind or another, and together they represent a kind of aural inventory of my changing tastes, fortunes and moods since the early 1990s.
Archive 2005-12-01 Alistair Myles 2005
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When it switched from base level to cooling cycle, it cast a kind of aural shadow, not enough to distract, but certainly enough to add color.
Louises commented on the word aural
There's a distinctive aural quality to lies. This didn't have it. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 3, 2012