audition
noun/ɔːˈdɪʃn/
/ɔːˈdɪʃn/
- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ballet
- singing
- band
- …
- do
- get
- go for
- …
- tape
- audition for
- audition with
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.Definitions on the go
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