English > auditory sense: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The ability to hear; the auditory faculty. |
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| Synonyms | hearing, audition, sense of hearing, auditory modality |
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| Category of | auditory system | The sensory system for hearing |
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| Narrower | absolute pitch, perfect pitch | The ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
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| ear | Good hearing |
| Broader | exteroception | sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body |
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| modality, sense modality, sensory system | A particular sense |
| Spanish | audición, facultad auditiva, modalidad auditiva, oído, sentido auditivo, sentido del oído |
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| Catalan | audició, facultat auditiva, oïda, sentit auditiu |
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