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audition

noun
/ɑˈdɪʃən//ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from audītiō
  2. borrowed from audicion

Definitions

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

    • I've been to five auditions this week.

  2. The sense of hearing.

    • His audition was poor.

  3. An act of hearing

    An act of hearing; being heard.

    • Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Something heard.

    2. To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.

      • We auditioned several actors for the part.
      • I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

    3. To take part in such a performance.

      • Several actors auditioned for the part.

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Derived

auditionist, reaudition, auditionee, auditioner, unauditioned

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA