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countable and uncountable, plural auditions
(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. examples
(uncountable) The sense of hearing. examples
An act of hearing; being heard. quotations examples
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
(rare) Something heard.
third-person singular simple present auditions, present participle auditioning, simple past and past participle auditioned
(transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition. quotations examples
I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life
(intransitive) To take part in such a performance. examples