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1audit noun 1 : a formal examination and verification of financial accounts

2 : a methodical examination and review

Synonyms

check, checkup, examination, inspection, review, scan, scrutiny, survey—more at INSPECTION

2audit verb 1 : to perform an audit on or for

2 : to attend (a course) without expecting formal credit

Synonyms

check, examine, inspect, review, scan, scrutinize, survey—more at INSPECT

1audition noun : HEARING; especially : a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits

2audition verb -tioned; -tion·ing : to give an audition to; also : to give a trial performance

au·di·tor noun 1 : LISTENER

2 : a person who audits

au·di·to·ri·um noun, plural -riums or -ria 1 : the part of a public building where an audience sits

2 : a hall or building used for public gatherings

au·di·to·ry adjective : of or relating to hearing or to the sense or organs of hearing

Synonyms

acoustic, aural, auricular; also audible, clear, discernible, distinct, distinguishable, heard, perceptible

auditory tube noun : EUSTACHIAN TUBE

auf Wie·der·seh·en interjection [ORIGIN: G]

— used to express farewell

Aug abbreviation August

au·ger noun : a tool for boring

aught noun : the arithmetical symbol 0 denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity : ZERO, CIPHER

Synonyms

cipher, naught, nil, nothing, zero, zip—more at ZERO

aug·ment verb : to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense : ENLARGE, INCREASE

Synonyms

add, aggrandize, amplify, boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, increase, multiply, raise, swell, up—more at INCREASE

aug·men·ta·tion noun 1 a : the act or process of augmenting

b : the state of being augmented

2 : something that augments : ADDITION

Synonyms

accretion, addition, boost, expansion, gain, increase, increment, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, supplement—more at INCREASE

au gra·tin adjective [ORIGIN: F, lit., with the burnt scrapings from the pan]

: covered with bread crumbs or grated cheese and browned

1augur noun : one held to foretell events by omens : DIVINER, SOOTHSAYER

Synonyms

diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer—more at PROPHET

2augur verb 1 : to foretell esp. from omens

2 : to give promise of : show potential for a good outcome

Synonyms

[1] forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy—more at FORETELL

[2] bode, promise—more at BODE

au·gu·ry noun, plural -ries 1 : divination from omens

2 : an occurrence or phenomenon believed to portend a future event : OMEN, PORTENT

Synonyms

auspice, foreboding, omen, portent, presage—more at OMEN

au·gust adjective : marked by majestic dignity or grandeur

— au·gust·ly adverb

Synonyms

dignified, grand, imposing, magnificent, majestic, regal, royal, splendid, stately

Au·gust noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OE, fr. L Augustus, fr. Augustus Caesar]

: the 8th month of the year

au·gust·ness noun : the quality or state of being august

Synonyms

grandeur, grandness, magnificence, majesty, nobility, nobleness, stateliness—more at MAGNIFICENCE

au jus adjective [ORIGIN: F]

: served in the juice obtained from roasting

auk noun : any of several stocky black-and-white diving seabirds that breed in colder parts of the northern hemisphere

auld adjective, chiefly Scottish

: OLD

aunt noun 1 : the sister of one's father or mother

2 : the wife of one's uncle

au pair noun [ORIGIN: F, on even terms]

: a usu. young foreign person who does domestic work for a family in return for room and board and to learn the family's language

au·ra noun 1 : a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source

2 : a luminous radiation

Synonyms

air, atmosphere, climate, flavor, mood, note, temper; also feel, feeling, sensation, sense, spirit

au·ral adjective : of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing

Synonyms

acoustic, auditory, auricular—more at AUDITORY