AUDITORY SENSATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The subjective sensation of hearing something

Example:

he strained to hear the faint sounds

Synonyms:

auditory sensation; sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("auditory sensation" is a kind of...):

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auditory sensation"):

euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

pure tone; tone (a steady sound without overtones)

dissonance; noise; racket (the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience)

dub (the new sounds added by dubbing)