noun, verb
noun a short performance given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that sb can decide whether they are suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert, etc:
Auditions will be held from 912 on Friday. * She had an audition for drama school.
Part of speech: verb
1 [V] ~ (for sth) to take part in an audition:
She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth. * Hundreds of people auditioned.
2 [VN] ~ sb (for sth) to watch, listen to and judge sb at an audition:
We auditioned over 200 children for the part.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for audition is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is audition a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, audition is tagged as verb.
Does audition appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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