Meaning & use
audiovisual
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Using both recorded sound and pictures together, especially in teaching, presentations, or media.
Grammar: Usually comes before a noun: audiovisual equipment, audiovisual materials. It is not used after a verb like 'be audiovisual' in everyday speech.
Patterns
- audiovisual equipment
- audiovisual materials
- audiovisual presentation
- audiovisual aids
The school bought new audiovisual equipment for its language labs.
Our audiovisual presentation included slides and a short video clip.
Teachers often use audiovisual aids to help students remember new words.
Common combinations
- audiovisual equipment
- The conference room has all the audiovisual equipment you need for a video call.
- audiovisual materials
- The library keeps its audiovisual materials in a separate section.
- audiovisual presentation
- She gave an audiovisual presentation about the history of jazz.
- audiovisual aids
- Audiovisual aids can make a lesson more interesting.
Synonyms and how they differ
- multimedia
- Multimedia often emphasizes combining several media types, such as text, sound, and video, while audiovisual focuses on sound and images together.
Word family
Commonly confused: audiovisual or audio?
audiovisual vs audio
Audio refers only to sound, while audiovisual includes both sound and pictures.
Practice
The museum uses ______ equipment to show short films about the artists.
Choose one answer.
Audiovisual fits because the equipment shows both sound and pictures (films). Audible means 'able to be heard' and does not include images; visual refers only to sight; audio refers only to sound.
Make it your own
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