Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

    I've been to five auditions this week.

    Vorsingen, Casting, Vorspielen

    прослу́шиваниеproslúšivanije, про́баpróba

    a test of the suitability of a performer

  2. (uncountable)The sense of hearing.

    His audition was poor.

    Gehör

    слухslux

  3. (countable, uncountable)An act of hearing; being heard.

  4. (countable, rare, uncountable)Something heard.

Examples

112 sentences
  1. She went in for the audition last week.

    Вона поїхала на прослуховування минулого тижня. — ChickenKiev

  2. Don't you have an audition today?

  3. I have an audition this afternoon.

    ruСегодня после обеда у меня прослушивание. — odexed

  4. Did you audition for the part?

  5. Will you audition for the part?

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
performance by an aspiring performer:
sense of hearing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
performance by an aspiring performer:
sense of hearing:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).

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Forms

plural: auditions
Singularaudition
Pluralauditions

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
performance by an aspiring performer:castingtryout
Close in meaning
  • a test of the suitability of a performer:tryout
  • the ability to hear; the auditory faculty:hearingauditory sensesense of hearingauditory modality

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • an an audition
  • audition for the
  • to audition for
  • audition for that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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