audition. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

audition

SYLLABICATION:	au·di·tion
PRONUNCIATION:	ô-dshn
NOUN:	1. A trial performance, as by an actor, dancer, or musician, to demonstrate suitability or skill. 2. The sense or power of hearing. 3. The act of hearing.
VERB:	Inflected forms: au·di·tioned, au·di·tion·ing, au·di·tions
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To take part in a trial performance: auditioned for the role and got it.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To evaluate (a person) in a trial performance.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin audti, audtin-, from audtus, past participle of audre, to hear. See au- in Appendix I.


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