Meanings
nounaudition (countable and uncountable, plural auditions)
plural auditions
- countableA performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
I've been to five auditions this week.
- countableuncountableAn 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 - countablerareuncountableSomething heard.
verbaudition (third-person singular simple present auditions, present participle auditioning, simple past and past participle auditioned)
present singular third person auditions · participle present auditioning · participle past auditioned · past auditioned
- intransitiveTo take part in such a performance.
Several actors auditioned for the part.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
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nounthe ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaudītiō
- Middle Frenchaudicion
- Englishaudition
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
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Arabic تَجْرِبة أَدَاء
- تَجْرِبة أَدَاءperformance by an aspiring performer
Bulgarian прослушване, слух
- прослушване (proslušvane)performance by an aspiring performer
- слух (sluh)sense of hearing
- прослушвам (proslušvam)evaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- явя́вам се на прослу́шване (javjávam se na proslúšvane)take part in such a performance
Chinese Mandarin 試演 /试演, 聽覺 /听觉
- 試演 /试演 (shìyǎn)performance by an aspiring performer
- 聽覺 /听觉 (tīngjué)sense of hearing
- 面試 /面试 (miànshì)evaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- 試演 /试演 (shìyǎn)take part in such a performance
Czech sluch
- sluchsense of hearing
Dutch auditie, auditeren
- auditieperformance by an aspiring performer
- auditerentake part in such a performance
- auditie doentake part in such a performance
Esperanto aŭdicio, rolulelekto
- aŭdicioperformance by an aspiring performer
- rolulelektoperformance by an aspiring performer
- aŭdadosense of hearing
- aŭdsensosense of hearing
- aŭdiciitake part in such a performance
Finnish koe-esiintyminen, kuulo
- koe-esiintyminenperformance by an aspiring performer
- kuulosense of hearing
- kuuloaistisense of hearing
- auditoidaevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- arvioidaevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- koe-esiintyätake part in such a performance
French audition, audition
- auditionperformance by an aspiring performer
- auditionsense of hearing
- auditionnerevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
German Vorsingen, Casting
- Vorsingenperformance by an aspiring performer
- Castingperformance by an aspiring performer
- Vorspielenperformance by an aspiring performer
- Probesingenperformance by an aspiring performer
- Probevorführungperformance by an aspiring performer
- Probespielperformance by an aspiring performer
- Gehörsense of hearing
- ein Casting veranstaltenevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- vorsingentake part in such a performance
- vorspielentake part in such a performance
- vorsprechentake part in such a performance
Hebrew אוֹדִישֶׁן, מִבְחַן בַּד
- אוֹדִישֶׁן (odíshen)performance by an aspiring performer
- מִבְחַן בַּד (mivkhán bád)performance by an aspiring performer
- מִבְחַן בָּמָה (mivkhán bamá)performance by an aspiring performer
Italian audizione, audizione
- audizioneperformance by an aspiring performer
- audizionesense of hearing
- ascoltazionesense of hearing
- selezionareevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
Japanese オーディション, 試聴
- オーディション (ōdishon)performance by an aspiring performer
- 試聴 (shichō)performance by an aspiring performer
- 聴覚 (chōkaku)sense of hearing
- 聴力 (chōryoku)sense of hearing
- オーディションを開く (ōdishon o hiraku)evaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- オーディションを受ける (ōdishon o ukeru)take part in such a performance
Korean 오디션, 오디션을 열다
- 오디션 (odisyeon)performance by an aspiring performer
- 오디션을 열다 (odisyeon-eul yeolda)evaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- 오디션을 보다 (odisyeon-eul boda)take part in such a performance
- 오디션에 참가하다 (odisyeon-e chamgahada)take part in such a performance
Malay uji bakat, audisi
- uji bakatperformance by an aspiring performer
- audisiperformance by an aspiring performer
- daya dengarsense of hearing
- pendengaransense of hearing
- audisisense of hearing
Polish przesłuchanie, słuch
- przesłuchanieperformance by an aspiring performer
- słuchsense of hearing
Portuguese teste, ensaio
- testeperformance by an aspiring performer
- ensaioperformance by an aspiring performer
- audiçãosense of hearing
Russian прослу́шивание, про́ба
- прослу́шивание (proslúšivanije)performance by an aspiring performer
- про́ба (próba)performance by an aspiring performer
- слух (slux)sense of hearing
Spanish audición, oído
- audiciónperformance by an aspiring performer
- oídosense of hearing
- audiciónsense of hearing
- hacer una audiciónevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- audicionarevaluate one or more performers in through an audition
- audicionartake part in such a performance
Swedish uttagning, inträdesprov
- uttagningperformance by an aspiring performer
- inträdesprovperformance by an aspiring performer
- auditionperformance by an aspiring performer
Cite this entry
APA
audition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audition
MLA
“audition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audition.
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