"audit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔː.dɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔ.dɪt/ [General-American], /ˈɑ.dɪt/ [US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-audit.ogg [California] Forms: audits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːdɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“I hear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|audītus}} Latin audītus, {{m|la|audiō||I hear}} audiō (“I hear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} audit (plural audits)
  1. A judicial examination. Translations (judicial examination): tarkastus (Finnish), valvontatarkastus (english: inspection by regulator in finance and insurance) (Finnish), 監査 (kansa) (alt: かんさ) (Japanese), аудит (audit) (Kazakh), audyt (Polish), ауди́т (audít) [masculine] (Russian), реви́зия (revízija) [feminine] (Russian), авди́т (avdýt) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-EDHAVbsI Disambiguation of 'judicial examination': 66 11 9 13 1 0 1
  2. An examination in general. Translations (examination in general): yoxlama (Azerbaijani), təftiş (Azerbaijani), прове́рка (provérka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), auditoria [feminine] (Catalan), 檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 检查 (jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), tarkastus (Finnish), inspection [feminine] (French), Überprüfung [feminine] (German), Prüfung [feminine] (German), ellenőrzés (Hungarian), vizsgálat (Hungarian), felmérés (Hungarian), felülvizsgálat (Hungarian), ispezione (Italian), verifica (Italian), 監査 (kansa) (alt: かんさ) (Japanese), 검사 (geomsa) (alt: 檢査) (Korean), arotaupū (Maori), auditoria [feminine] (Portuguese), прове́рка (provérka) [feminine] (Russian), auditoría [feminine] (Spanish), granskning (Swedish), denetim (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-WIF0AWPn Disambiguation of 'examination in general': 6 85 3 4 0 2 0
  3. An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures Translations (independent review): աուդիտ (audit) (Armenian), реви́зия (revízija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), одит (odit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 審計 (Chinese Mandarin), 审计 (shěnjì) (Chinese Mandarin), audit [masculine] (Czech), tarkastus (Finnish), auditointi (Finnish), audit [masculine] (French), auditoría [feminine] (Galician), Buchprüfung [feminine] (German), Bilanzprüfung [feminine] (German), Kontrolle [feminine] (German), felülvizsgálat (Hungarian), ellenőrzés (Hungarian), revízió (Hungarian), audit (english: mostly in terms of accounting) (Hungarian), auditálás (Hungarian), könyvvizsgálat (Hungarian), revisione [feminine] (Italian), audit [masculine] (Italian), 監査 (kansa) (alt: かんさ) (Japanese), аудит (audit) (Kazakh), scrutaghey [masculine] (Manx), arotakenga (Maori), tātari kaute (note: of accounts) (Maori), arotake pūtea (note: of accounts) (Maori), revisjon [masculine] (Norwegian), regnskapskontroll [masculine] (Norwegian), bokettersyn [neuter] (Norwegian), ممیزی (mamizi) (Persian), audyt [masculine] (Polish), auditoria [feminine] (Portuguese), ауди́т (audít) [feminine] (Russian), реви́зия (revízija) [feminine] (Russian), инспе́кция (inspékcija) [feminine] (Russian), ревизија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), revizija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), auditoría [feminine] (Spanish), ukaguzi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-oD0dGueO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 11 11 20 3 2 1 24 18 5 Disambiguation of 'independent review': 3 1 77 5 7 2 4
  4. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. Translations (result of such an examination): tarkastus (Finnish), tarkastuskertomus (english: audit report) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-4j-oa~RC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 11 11 20 3 2 1 24 18 5 Disambiguation of 'result of such an examination': 22 19 11 44 2 0 2
  5. (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics. Categories (topical): Scientology Translations (Scientology: spiritual counseling): auditointi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-lBaQ2Da1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 11 11 20 3 2 1 24 18 5 Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'Scientology: spiritual counseling': 2 0 6 5 83 1 3
  6. (obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-bn2aS8fE
  7. (obsolete) An audience; a hearing. Tags: obsolete Translations (audience, hearing): yleisö (Finnish), kuulijakunta (Finnish), lukijakunta (Finnish), meghallgatás (Hungarian), kihallgatás (Hungarian), udienza (Italian)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-noun-LFAnwXhr Disambiguation of 'audience, hearing': 2 0 2 3 3 0 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: audit ale, audit house, audit room, audit trail, carbon audit, closet audit, environmental audit, First Amendment audit

Verb

IPA: /ˈɔː.dɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɔ.dɪt/ [General-American], /ˈɑ.dɪt/ [US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-audit.ogg [California] Forms: audits [present, singular, third-person], auditing [participle, present], audited [participle, past], audited [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːdɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin audītus, from audiō (“I hear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|audītus}} Latin audītus, {{m|la|audiō||I hear}} audiō (“I hear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} audit (third-person singular simple present audits, present participle auditing, simple past and past participle audited)
  1. To examine and adjust (e.g. an account). Translations (to examine and adjust): verifiëren (Dutch), tarkastaa (Finnish), kontrollieren (German), prüfen (German), esaminare (Italian), controllare (Italian), analizzare (Italian), scrutee (Manx), arotake (Maori)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-verb-ONJXF59Y Disambiguation of 'to examine and adjust': 93 4 1 2
  2. (finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes Categories (topical): Business, Finance Translations (finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination): одитирам (oditiram) (Bulgarian), правя ревизия (pravja revizija) (Bulgarian), 審計 (Chinese Mandarin), 审计 (shěnjì) (Chinese Mandarin), tarkastaa (Finnish), auditoida (Finnish), auditar [feminine] (Galician), esaminare (Italian), 監査する (kansa suru) (Japanese), scrutee (Manx), arotake (Maori), auditar (Portuguese), auditar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-verb-B3-dPMYp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 11 11 20 3 2 1 24 18 5 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination': 5 86 4 5
  3. (Scientology) To counsel spiritually. Categories (topical): Scientology Translations (Scientology: to counsel spiritually): auditoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-verb-G9BzCsnp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 11 11 20 3 2 1 24 18 5 Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'Scientology: to counsel spiritually': 1 11 85 3
  4. To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit. Translations (to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis): sit堂 (sit¹ tong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 旁聽 (Chinese Mandarin), 旁听 (pángtīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 蹭課 (Chinese Mandarin), 蹭课 (cèngkè) (Chinese Mandarin), kuunnella (Finnish), olla kuunteluoppilaana (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-audit-en-verb-7Vd48Pt1 Disambiguation of 'to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis': 1 3 2 95

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "independent review",
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        {
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          "sense": "independent review",
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        {
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "independent review",
          "word": "revízió"
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        {
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          "sense": "independent review",
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        {
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          "word": "könyvvizsgálat"
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          "sense": "independent review",
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      "word": "yoxlama"
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      "roman": "jiǎnchá",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "tarkastus"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "examination in general",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "ispezione"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "examination in general",
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      "alt": "かんさ",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "աուդիտ"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shěnjì",
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "independent review",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "ممیزی"
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      "code": "pl",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To examine and adjust (e.g. an account)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Business",
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Scientology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession, page 225",
          "text": "In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To counsel spiritually."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scientology",
          "Scientology"
        ],
        [
          "counsel",
          "counsel"
        ],
        [
          "spiritual",
          "spiritual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scientology) To counsel spiritually."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Scientology",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To attend an academic class without the opportunity to receive academic credit."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔː.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔ.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑ.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːdɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-audit.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/En-us-audit.ogg/En-us-audit.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-audit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (California)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "verifiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "tarkastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "kontrollieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "prüfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "esaminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "controllare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "analizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "scrutee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to examine and adjust",
      "word": "arotake"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oditiram",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "одитирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravja revizija",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "правя ревизия"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "審計"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shěnjì",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "审计"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "tarkastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "auditoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "auditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "esaminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kansa suru",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "監査する"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "scrutee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "arotake"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "auditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "finance, business: to conduct an independent review and examination",
      "word": "auditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Scientology: to counsel spiritually",
      "word": "auditoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sit¹ tong⁴",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "sit堂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "旁聽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pángtīng",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "旁听"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "蹭課"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cèngkè",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "蹭课"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "kuunnella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis",
      "word": "olla kuunteluoppilaana"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "audit"
  ],
  "word": "audit"
}

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