audition
/ɔˈdɪʃən/
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cot caught merger/ɑˈdɪʃən/
audition noun: a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
Noun
audition (countable and uncountable, plural auditions)
- A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
- I've been to five auditions this week.
- The sense of hearing.
- His audition was poor.
- 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.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 52
- Something heard.
Verb
audition (third-person singular simple present auditions, present participle auditioning, simple past and past participle auditioned)
- 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.2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN
- To take part in such a performance.
- Several actors auditioned for the part.
audition meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
audition in Tamil
- திறமையைக் கண்டறியும் சோதனை, திறன் தேர்வு, செவிப்புலன், கேட்டல், கேட்டாய்தல், கேட்டல்முறை
audition in Marathi
- ऑडिशन
audition in Urdu
- سامعہ
audition in Bengali
- কণ্ঠস্বর, অভিনয়ের পরীক্ষা
More languagesFewer languages
- audition in Telugu
- ఆడిషన్, ఆడిషన్ను
- audition in Malayalam
- ഓഡിഷൻ, ഓഡിഷൻ ചെയ്യാൻ
- audition in Kannada
- ಶಾರೀರ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಧ್ವನಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಶ್ರವಣದ ಮೂಲಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಕೇಳುಹ
- audition in Punjabi
- ਆਡੀਸ਼ਨ, ਅੱਡੀਸ਼ਨ, ਔਡੀਸ਼ਨ
- audition in Gujarati
- ઓડિશન, ઓડીશન, ઓડિશન કરવા માટે
- audition in Odia
- ଅଡିସନ୍, ଅଡିସନ, ଅଡିଶନ
- audition in Nepali
- अडिशन, अडिसन गर्न
- audition in Arabic
- تَجْرِبة أَدَاء
- audition in Malay
- uji bakat, audisi, daya dengar, pendengaran
Examples of audition in a sentence
- The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
- His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out.
- At the audition you will be required to cold read a script.
Synonyms of audition
Antonyms
Forms of audition
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | auditions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | auditions |
| present participle | auditioning |
| past participle | auditioned |
| past | auditioned |
Origin of audition
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
Words formed from audition
Questions about audition
- What does audition mean?
- Audition means a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
- What is audition in Tamil?
- Audition in Tamil is திறமையைக் கண்டறியும் சோதனை, திறன் தேர்வு, செவிப்புலன். See Audition meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is audition?
- Audition can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce audition?
- Audition is pronounced /ɑˈdɪʃən/ (cot caught merger).
- What is the plural of audition?
- The plural of audition is auditions.
Words near audition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: audition (page history and authors); audition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); audition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); audition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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