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audition

[ aw-dish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
  2. a reading or other simplified rendering of a theatrical work, performed before a potential backer, producer, etc.
  3. the act, sense, or power of hearing.
  4. something that is heard.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to try or compete in an audition:

    to audition aspiring actors; to audition for the leading role.

audition

/ ɔːˈdɪʃən /

noun

  1. a test at which a performer or musician is asked to demonstrate his ability for a particular role, etc
  2. the act, sense, or power of hearing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to judge by means of or be tested in an audition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • au·dition·er noun
  • reau·dition noun
  • unau·ditioned adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audition1

1590–1600; (< Middle French ) < Latin audītiōn- (stem of audītiō hearing). See auditive, -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of audition1

C16: from Latin audītiō a hearing, from audīre to hear
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Example Sentences

Typically, auditions are held in the spring, and cheerleaders spend the summer rehearsing.

One of the first things we learn about her is that she’s resisted pressure, in auditions, to agree to nudity and simulated sex.

From Time

In the character breakdown on the audition sheet, it said he enjoys doing impressions with his friends and he’s a big comedy nerd, which was me to a T at the time.

Still, Figaredo says he’s had little success with television casting auditions since transitioning in 2010.

In addition to posting basic notices for talent, casting professionals can collect self-tape auditions directly through a centralized platform, and they message directly with talent as well.

From Digiday

My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.

I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.

So by failing, I go audition for Any Given Sunday [and] things turn out right.

A few years back, Belle and Sebastian even penned a song, “Suicide Girl,” about a woman trying to audition to be one.

Alan just happened to be in New York auditioning people, and I got in the room to audition for the first time.

When I went to the opera for my hearing or audition, Gounod went with me and we sang the duets together.

With such a letter or such an introduction, arrange for an audition at the headquarters in New York.

The neglect of his powers of audition will cause him to rely absolutely on his powers of visualizing the written form.

This showed conclusively that the organs of audition were not located in the antennæ, as Will supposed and as Lubbock advocates.

In this reaction to a visual stimulus there appeared good material for testing audition.

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