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audition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• audio
• /ɔˈdɪʃən/ without the cot–caught merger
• /ɑˈdɪʃən/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
   • I've been to five auditions this week.
2. (uncountable) The sense of hearing.
   • His audition was poor.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act of hearing; being heard.
   • Abraham talked on, rather for the pleasure of utterance than for audition, so that his sister's abstraction was of no account. 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 52:
4. (countable, rare, uncountable) Something heard.

Forms

Antonyms

surdity · deafness

Deriveds

reaudition · auditionist

Descendants

오디션 · אוֹדִישֶׁן · オーディション

Holonyms

six senses · five senses

Hypernyms

sense

Relateds

audience · auditory · ear

Synonyms

hearing · casting (performance by an aspiring performer) · tryout (performance by an aspiring performer) · audition

Translations (55)

eo rolulelekto (performance by an aspiring performer) · pt ensaio (performance by an aspiring performer) · pt teste (performance by an aspiring performer) · ms daya dengar (sense of hearing) · fi koe-esiintyminen (performance by an aspiring performer) · ar تَجْرِبة أَدَاء (performance by an aspiring performer) · sv inträdesprov (performance by an aspiring performer) · de Vorsingen (performance by an aspiring performer) · ms audisi (sense of hearing) · bg слух (sense of hearing) · it audizione (sense of hearing) · az dinləmə (performance by an aspiring performer) · eo aŭdsenso (sense of hearing) · he אוֹדִישֶׁן (performance by an aspiring performer) · nl auditie (performance by an aspiring performer) · it audizione (performance by an aspiring performer) · es audición (performance by an aspiring performer) · es audición (sense of hearing) · de Vorspielen (performance by an aspiring performer) · es oído (sense of hearing) · eo aŭdicio (performance by an aspiring performer) · ru слух (sense of hearing) · cmn 試演 /试演 (performance by an aspiring performer) · de Probespiel (performance by an aspiring performer) · he מִבְחַן בָּמָה (performance by an aspiring performer) · fr audition (sense of hearing) · eo aŭdado (sense of hearing) · he מִבְחַן בַּד (performance by an aspiring performer) · ru про́ба (performance by an aspiring performer) · sh audicija (performance by an aspiring performer) · fr audition (performance by an aspiring performer) · ja 試聴 (performance by an aspiring performer) · fi kuuloaisti (sense of hearing) · ms pendengaran (sense of hearing) · ja 聴覚 (sense of hearing) · cs sluch (sense of hearing) · de Gehör (sense of hearing) · it ascoltazione (sense of hearing) · pl słuch (sense of hearing) · de Probevorführung (performance by an aspiring performer) · de Probesingen (performance by an aspiring performer) · cmn 聽覺 /听觉 (sense of hearing) · sv audition (performance by an aspiring performer) · ja 聴力 (sense of hearing) · pt audição (sense of hearing) · pl przesłuchanie (performance by an aspiring performer) · bg прослушване (performance by an aspiring performer) · ja オーディション (performance by an aspiring performer) · ko 오디션 (performance by an aspiring performer) · ms uji bakat (performance by an aspiring performer) · fi kuulo (sense of hearing) · sv uttagning (performance by an aspiring performer) · ru прослу́шивание (performance by an aspiring performer) · de Casting (performance by an aspiring performer) · ms audisi (performance by an aspiring performer)

audition en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• audio
• /ɔˈdɪʃən/ without the cot–caught merger
• /ɑˈdɪʃən/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ɔːˈdɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
   • We auditioned several actors for the part.
   • I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos. 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:
2. (intransitive) To take part in such a performance.
   • Several actors auditioned for the part.

Forms

Deriveds

auditioner · auditionee · reaudition · unauditioned

Translations (24)

it selezionare (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · ja オーディションを受ける (take part in such a performance) · ko 오디션을 보다 (take part in such a performance) · de vorspielen (take part in such a performance) · es audicionar (take part in such a performance) · fi auditoida (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · cmn 面試 /面试 (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · de ein Casting veranstalten (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · ko 오디션에 참가하다 (take part in such a performance) · es audicionar (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · de vorsprechen (take part in such a performance) · bg явя́вам се на прослу́шване (take part in such a performance) · bg прослушвам (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · fi koe-esiintyä (take part in such a performance) · eo aŭdicii (take part in such a performance) · de vorsingen (take part in such a performance) · fr auditionner (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · fi arvioida (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · nl auditie doen (take part in such a performance) · ko 오디션을 열다 (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · es hacer una audición (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition) · cmn 試演 /试演 (take part in such a performance) · nl auditeren (take part in such a performance) · ja オーディションを開く (evaluate one or more performers in through an audition)