(transitive, uncommon) to attend, listen (to), pay attention (to)
(broadly, transitive, uncommon) to understand
Frequency
Hyphenated as
u‧dì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/uˈdi.re/
Etymology
From Latin audīre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-is-d-, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from the root *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”)) and *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).