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Compete for a position
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tryout
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also try-out , by 1900, from phrase to try out "to examine, test," attested by 1785.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially of a performer (an audition) 2 A trial run
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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A tryout is the staging of performances of a theatrical production (i.e., a play or musical) at an off-site venue for evaluation and possible revision before the production premieres on Broadway or the West End . A tryout is similar to a workshop production ...
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.