audition.
A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
Meaning & usage
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.
Something heard.
Where this word comes from
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.
To take part in such a performance.
Several actors auditioned for the part.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
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