audition
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).
NounEdit
audition (countable and uncountable, plural auditions)
- (countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent
- I've been to five auditions this week.
- (uncountable) The sense of hearing
- His audition was poor.
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TranslationsEdit
performance by an aspiring performer
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sense of hearing
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VerbEdit
audition (third-person singular simple present auditions, present participle auditioning, simple past and past participle auditioned)
- (transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
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We auditioned several actors for the part.
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- I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
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- (intransitive) To take part in such a performance.
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Several actors auditioned for the part.
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Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
evaluate one or more performers in through an audition
take part in such a performance