audition
noun
- a sample performance
- act or process of trying to get a role
verb
- a short performance or demonstration to try to get a role, part, or job
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɑˈdɪʃən/ / /ɔˈdɪʃən/ / /ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
- A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
“I've been to five auditions this week.”
- The sense of hearing.
“His audition was poor.”
- An act of hearing; being heard.
“Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account.”
- Something heard.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
- To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
“We auditioned several actors for the part.”
“I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.”
- To take part in such a performance.
“Several actors auditioned for the part.”