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audition
What does audition mean?
audition (verb): perform in order to get a role.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use audition in a sentence?
- Several actors auditioned for the part. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce audition?
/ɑˈdɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does audition come from?
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “audition” mean?
to make a reply or response to
Not quite: that's what answer means.
be fully aware or cognizant of
Not quite: that's what realize means.
perform in order to get a role
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to become aware of; to observe
Not quite: that's what notice means.
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