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Audition

//ɑˈdɪʃən// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. countable

    "I've been to five auditions this week."

  2. 2
    a test of the suitability of a performer wordnet
  3. 3
    The sense of hearing. uncountable

    "His audition was poor."

  4. 4
    the ability to hear; the auditory faculty wordnet
  5. 5
    An act of hearing; being heard. countable, uncountable

    "Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account."

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  1. 6
    Something heard. countable, rare, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition. transitive

    "We auditioned several actors for the part."

  2. 2
    perform in order to get a role wordnet
  3. 3
    To take part in such a performance. intransitive

    "Several actors auditioned for the part."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“I hear”).

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