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Compete for a position
Answer for the clue "Compete for a position ", 6 letters:
tryout
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain" [syn: trial , trial run , test ] a test of the suitability of a performer [syn: audition ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Much of our SleepTight tryout was spent deciphering directions. ▪ The next week, he took part in Little League tryouts. ▪ The producers of House of Flowers kept adding towns for what eventually amounted to a twenty-week tryout ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tryout \Try"out\, n. a test of the performance capability of a person, to ascertain fitness for a particular task; in sports, a test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined. (Theater) one or more performances ...
Usage examples of tryout.
Needless to say, Barb went on to rhapsodize over how much dear little Scott Fleck had grown this past winter and didn't Sally agree that the boy deserved a tryout as pitcher for the Bobcats, too?
On the other hand, he had to do what was best for the team, and Dean had outflown Seamus at the tryouts.