First Known Use: 1599
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1audition
noun au·di·tion \ȯ-ˈdi-shən\
: a short performance to show the talents of someone (such as an actor or a musician) who is being considered for a role in a play, a position in an orchestra, etc.
Full Definition of AUDITION
1
: the power or sense of hearing
2
: the act of hearing; especially : a critical hearing <an audition of new recordings>
3
: a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits
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Origin of AUDITION
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin audition-, auditio, from audire
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Rhymes with AUDITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
2audition
verb
of a performer : to try out for a role in a play or film, a position in an orchestra, etc. : to perform in an audition
: to test (someone) in an audition
au·di·tionedau·di·tion·ing\-ˈdi-sh(ə-)niŋ\
Full Definition of AUDITION
transitive verb
: to test or try out especially in an audition
intransitive verb
: to give a trial performance
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First Known Use of AUDITION
1931
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AUDITION Defined for Kids
1audition
noun au·di·tion \ȯ-ˈdi-shən\
Definition of AUDITION for Kids
: a short performance to test the talents of someone (as a singer, dancer, or actor)
2audition
verb
au·di·tionedau·di·tion·ing
Definition of AUDITION for Kids
: to test or try out in a short performance <He auditioned for a part in the play.> <They auditioned her for the lead role.>
Medical Dictionary
audition
noun au·di·tion \ȯ-ˈdish-ən\
Medical Definition of AUDITION
1
: the power or sense of hearing
2
: the act of hearing
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