audition

noun

/ɔːˈdɪʃn/

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a short performance given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that somebody can decide whether they are suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert, etc.
- Auditions will be held from 9–12 on Friday.
- She had an audition for drama school.
Wordfinder
- actor
- audition
- body double
- cameo
- cast
- play
- role
- star
- stuntman
- understudy
Extra Examples
- We're holding auditions for new actors.
- an audition with the Royal Ballet
- I had a letter four days later to say I had passed the audition.
- She had an audition for a small part in a soap opera.
- You need to choose your audition piece carefully.
Topics Musicc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- ballet
- singing
- band
- …
verb + audition
- do
- get
- go for
- …
audition + noun
- tape
preposition
- audition for
- audition with
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘power of hearing or listening’): from Latin auditio(n-), from audire ‘hear’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 19th cent.

audition

verb

/ɔːˈdɪʃn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they audition	/ɔːˈdɪʃn/ /ɔːˈdɪʃn/
he / she / it auditions	/ɔːˈdɪʃnz/ /ɔːˈdɪʃnz/
past simple auditioned	/ɔːˈdɪʃnd/ /ɔːˈdɪʃnd/
past participle auditioned	/ɔːˈdɪʃnd/ /ɔːˈdɪʃnd/
-ing form auditioning	/ɔːˈdɪʃənɪŋ/ /ɔːˈdɪʃənɪŋ/

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[intransitive] audition (for something) to take part in an audition
- She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth.
- Hundreds of people auditioned.
- I auditioned and was given the part.
Topics Musicc2
[transitive] audition somebody (for something) to watch, listen to and judge somebody at an audition
- We auditioned over 200 children for the part.
- We auditioned several excellent musicians.
Topics Musicc2, Film and theatrec2

Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘power of hearing or listening’): from Latin auditio(n-), from audire ‘hear’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 19th cent.