audition

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ɔˈːdɪʃən/ 🇺🇸 /ɑˈdɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A trial performance or test of a performer's suitability for a role, position, or part in a production.; The power or sense of hearing; the act of hearing.
  2. verb
    To perform in a trial or test to demonstrate one's suitability for a role or position.; To evaluate or test a performer through a trial performance.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: auditions 3rd sing.: auditions Past: auditioned Past part.: auditioned Pres part.: auditioning

Collocations

audition forhold an auditiongo to an auditionopen auditionaudition tapepass an audition

Derivatives

auditioner

Synonyms

tryouttrialscreen testreadingtest

Commonly confused

audience
EN: 'Audience' refers to the people watching or listening; 'audition' is a performance trial to be selected for a role.
tryout
EN: 'Tryout' is more informal and often used in sports; 'audition' is typically used for performing arts and is more formal.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'audition' comes from Latin 'audire' (to hear), so it retains the 'au-' beginning. Do not confuse with 'addition'.

💬 Examples

  1. She prepared a monologue for her audition at the theater company.

  2. The study examined how aging affects audition in older adults.

  3. He auditioned for the lead role in the school play.

  4. The director auditioned over fifty actors before making her final choice.