to audition
169
3.9
- verb
- /ɔːˈdɪʃən/
:
hacer una audición
- I didn't get the part you auditioned for, Amos.
- students audition for roles
- audition for the choir
And I then auditioned for an acting class.
- And I then auditioned for an acting class.
- How do you say, listen, do you audition them the way everyone else does?
- She worked for Stephen Bochco, and they asked me to audition for Doogie Howser.
- And so I went in, I auditioned for this, for this part.
- Let's drop a curtain between the people who are auditioning and the judges.
- It's like, just remember when you're auditioning, they're more nervous than you.
- This is a time for you to start recording yourself, auditioning, and learning how to act.
- You said you once auditioned for the Coen Brothers film True Grit.
- And I'm auditioning all the time for big, big movies.
- So the thing you're auditioning for today isn't for the job.
- And I auditioned for this ABC after school special.
- And then Matt and I auditioned around the same time.
Examples
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I went to the local theater to audition for the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
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I'll be there, I promise, before you audition.
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For which TV show did Josh audition for multiple times early in his career?
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I'm leaving Sunday for Los Angeles to audition for a record.
Fiction book (2002) -
Please let Helga audition for the show.
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Lucy suddenly realizes that she really wants to audition at the record company.
Fiction book (2002) -
Students nominated will also receive a special invitation to audition for All-American selection in their senior year.
Academic text (2008) -
Primary school students who advance rapidly on their instruments can audition for placement in these ensembles.
Academic text (1997) -
It's like, just remember when you're auditioning, they're more nervous than you.
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Last year, I auditioned to understudy in an Off-Off-Broadway show that, uh, closed as the audience was walking in.
Synonyms
222
6.5
To try for a part by saying lines from a script
64
2.8
To compete to be chosen for a role or team
Compounds
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Audition as a verb also comes from the Latin audire 'to hear', and it keeps that idea of being heard. So to audition is to perform or try out so others can hear you and choose you for a part.