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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

/ É”Ëˈ»åɪʃə²Ô /

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 ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹³Ü·»å¾±î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·±ð°ù noun
  • °ù±ða³Ü·»å¾±î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ³Ü²Ôa³Ü·»å¾±î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of audition1

1590–1600; (< Middle French ) < Latin ²¹³Ü»åÄ«³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²¹³Ü»åÄ«³Ù¾±Å hearing). See auditive, -ion
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of audition1

C16: from Latin ²¹³Ü»åÄ«³Ù¾±Å a hearing, from ²¹³Ü»åÄ«°ù±ð to hear
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To the audition, he "wore oversize gonky Australian shorts in nausea green" in an attempt to put the producers off, he wrote in his autobiography.

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“When I first got the audition for ‘Flamin’ Hot,’ I read it and went, ‘This is mine. … They wrote this for me,’†says Garcia.

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I did this very serious gunslinger, like Yul Brynner from “The Magnificent Seven,†because I had no hair when I auditioned.

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The act didn't work, collapsing under the contradictions that arise from playing housewife while auditioning to be Trump's running mate.

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He was invited to audition for the show and went on to win it, dedicating his first single, Eve and Frank, to his foster parents.

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