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A test of the suitability of a performer
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audition
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to try out for a performance part," 1935, from audition (n.). Transitive sense by 1944. Related: Auditioned ; auditioning .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist. Audition may also refer to: The sense of hearing Adobe Audition , audio editing software Audition Online , an online dance battle game developed by T3 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB go ▪ But she went to an audition for a manufactured girl band, got lucky, and now has millions in the bank. ▪ I flew to London, went to the audition straight off. ▪ Two girls had gone for the same audition and would ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" [syn: hearing , auditory sense , sense of hearing , auditory modality ] a test of the suitability of a performer [syn: tryout ] v. perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for ...
Usage examples of audition.
Go ahead and put on the audition and somehow delay the signing of the contract just as long as you can.
You go through this audition today like a good girl and behave yourself.
Lou Silver had had to break a date with a new girl friend to attend the audition, and he hated everybody.
Jake decided that the audition had been as close to perfect as any show Nelle had ever done.
You mean the loud-speaker was turned on and the audition came in here, and he was dead all the time?
Which means that before the audition, anybody connected with the show might have gone in and shot him.
Could Nelle explain to him that she had to give the audition because St.
In return I was told not to wait up tonight, that she had another audition to attend after that.
Maybe the argument had upset her, caused her to blow the most important audition of her career.
She was about to give up in defeat, go downstairs and tell the police that Julia must have taken the head shots with her when she went to her audition, when she saw the large manila envelope peeking out from under the shaft of the guitar.
The aspiring actress was last seen Thursday morning, August twenty-ninth, after leaving an audition with noted Hollywood director Michael Kinsolving.
It means she would have had to follow Julia to her audition, wait for her, ambush her.
I had an audition with Michael Kinsolving for a part in his next movie.
She quickly lowered her head, her hair falling across her face as it had during her audition for Michael Kinsolving.
Hall had let him into Troubadours at all, that the audition process had been really arduous.