audition

¹au·di·tion

noun \ȯ-ˈdi-shən\

Definition of AUDITION

1

: the power or sense of hearing

2

: the act of hearing; especially : a critical hearing <an audition of new recordings>

3

: a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits

Origin of AUDITION

Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin audition-, auditio, from audire

First Known Use: 1599

Other Performing Arts Terms

diva, dramaturgy, loge, prestidigitation, proscenium, supernumerary, zany

Rhymes with AUDITION

addition, admission, ambition, attrition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition

²audition

verb

au·di·tionedau·di·tion·ing\-ˈdi-sh(ə-)niŋ\

Definition of AUDITION

transitive verb

: to test or try out especially in an audition

intransitive verb

: to give a trial performance

Examples of AUDITION

1. When he came in to audition, he was very charming.
2. They auditioned several girls for the role.
3. We will audition dancers today.

First Known Use of AUDITION

1931

Other Performing Arts Terms

diva, dramaturgy, loge, prestidigitation, proscenium, supernumerary, zany

Rhymes with AUDITION

ambition, commission, condition, munition, partition, patrician, petition, Phoenician, position, suspicion, transition

au·di·tion

noun \ȯ-ˈdish-ən\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of AUDITION

1

: the power or sense of hearing

2

: the act of hearing