a short performance given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that somebody can decide whether they are suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert, etc. Auditions will be held from 9–12 on Friday. She had an audition for drama school. Wordfinderactoractor, audition, body double, cameo, cast, play, role, star, stuntman, understudy Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveballet, singing, band, … verb + auditiondo, get, go for, … audition + nountape prepositionaudition for, audition with See full entry See related entries: Producing music Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘power of hearing or listening’): from Latin auditio(n-), from audire ‘hear’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 19th cent.Extra examples We’re holding auditions for new actors. an audition for a place at drama school an audition with Houston Ballet an audition with the Royal Ballet I had a letter four days later to say I had passed the audition. She had an audition for a small part in a soap opera. You need to choose your audition piece carefully.
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