audition
noun
a trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
auditions
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pluralof audition.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof audition (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
auditionnouna trial hearing given to a singer, actor, or other performer to test suitability for employment, professional training or competition, etc.
Example Sentences
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Her work in Hollywood initially involved making the journey from the desert to L.A. for auditions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Cutting to nine years later, when it was like, you can go into auditions and be gay, people want to hear that, in fact, they’re only casting for gay roles now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
I met my future husband, actor Robert Desiderio, on the show, and left “One Life to Live” in 1983 to move to California for auditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Following my fifth year in repertory theater, casting director Rosemarie Tichler, who had befriended me at Carnegie Mellon’s TCG auditions, urged me to move to New York, so I did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
I went to auditions when I heard about them.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
