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audition

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au·di·tion  (ô-dshn)
n.
1. A trial performance, as by an actor, dancer, or musician, to demonstrate suitability or skill.
2. The sense or power of hearing.
3. The act of hearing.
v. au·di·tioned, au·di·tion·ing, au·di·tions
v.intr.
To take part in a trial performance: auditioned for the role and got it.
v.tr.
To evaluate (a person) in a trial performance.

[Latin audti, audtin-, from audtus, past participle of audre, to hear; see au- in Indo-European roots.]

audition
Noun
a test of a performer's or musician's ability for a particular role or job
Verb
to test or be tested in an audition [Latin audire to hear]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.auditionaudition - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
auditory system - the sensory system for hearing
sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense
exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
ear - good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
absolute pitch, perfect pitch - the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
2.auditionaudition - a test of the suitability of a performer
trial, run, test - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
screen test - a filmed audition of an actor or actress
Verb1.auditionaudition - perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"
performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
perform - give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
read - audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
Translations
Spanish audition [ɔːˈdɪʃən] naudición f
vi to audition for the part of → hacer una audición para el papel de

French audition [ɔːˈdɪʃən] naudition f
German audition [ɔːˈdɪʃən] nVorsprechprobe f
vi to audition (for) → vorsprechen (für)

Italian audition [ɔːˈdɪʃən] n (THEAT) → audizione f;
(CINE) → provino
vifare un'audizione (or un provino)

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Whereas now, in one moment of audition, I take as it were the census and statistics, local, corporeal, mental and spiritual, of every living being in Lineland.
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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