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Definition: Audition |
AuditionNoun1. The ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired". 2. A test of the suitability of a performer. Verb1. Perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "audition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Audition \Au*di"tion\, noun. [Latin expression auditio.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A hearing of the voices of applicants for parts, or for the chorus of a musical play or an opera. It is also applied to the legitimate stage when judging the reading of parts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The sense of hearing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AuditionSynonyms: auditory modality (n), auditory sense (n), hearing (n), sense of hearing (n), tryout (n), try out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Experiment | Tryout, audition. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Audition |
| English words defined with "audition": Microcoustic ♦ read ♦ screen test. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "audition": artist consultant, ARTIST'S MANAGER, artist's representative ♦ director, dance, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM ♦ manager, program ♦ personal agent, personal manager ♦ Right Foot. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Audition" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (audition, hearing, listen, listen to, performance). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm not spending the next five years of my life having Joey listen to his mom audition husbands on the other side of the wall (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor) When you gonna let me audition for your show (The Birdcage; writing credit: Jean Poiret; Francis Veber) But I-I-I can't stay too long, I gotta get up early for a commercial audition tomorrow and I gotta look good (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Congratulations! You're the first to survive the audition! (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; writing credit: Terry Hayes; George Miller) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Screenliner: Audition for August (1950) The Audition (1933) Teen Tryouts Audition 9 (2001) Red Bottom Audition (1992) The Audition (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "KO 09" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "KOMMON OBJEKT 09 A car I found during an audition session we were holding for a film we're working on." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Development and investigation of hearing protector designs that provide improved wearer comfort, usability, and more natural audition. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Carol Burnett | You know, five days a week. And he would personally audition young new people, and if he liked them he'd book them on the Friday show, which was an hour-and-a-half show, so they could do their stuff. So that's how I first met him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Audition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.07% of the time. "Audition" is used about 251 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.07% | 206 | 21,208 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 15.54% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.39% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 251 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "audition": colored audition. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
audition | 1,737 | modeling audition | 54 |
movie audition | 420 | film audition | 54 |
acting audition | 392 | theater audition | 53 |
american audition idol | 354 | audition blow job | 53 |
casting audition | 286 | audition search star | 50 |
porn audition | 212 | music video audition | 50 |
dance audition | 187 | casting call audition | 49 |
singing audition | 118 | open audition | 49 |
audition calendar | 95 | 2004 american audition idol | 49 |
commercial audition | 90 | american audition junior | 47 |
3 american audition idol | 82 | audition calendar girl | 46 |
harry potter audition | 73 | audition chicago | 44 |
audition disney | 69 | soap opera audition | 44 |
audition monologue | 68 | tv audition | 42 |
audition channel disney | 67 | audition chang cho | 40 |
broadway audition | 65 | audition for kid | 39 |
audition real world | 61 | audition reality show | 37 |
audition fame | 55 | new york audition | 37 |
audition shoes | 55 | child audition | 36 |
teen audition | 54 | audition calendar naughty | 36 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "audition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | provë zëri, provë (assay, averment, demonstration, evidence, experiment, fact, fitting, flier, prill, probation, prolusion, proof, reasoning, rehearsal, run through, rush, school, seal, sign, substantiation, taste, tasting, test, touch, trial, try, try on, try out, witness), dëgjim prove, dëgjim (auscultation, ear, hearing, listening). (various references) | |
Arabic | تجربة الاداء, إمتحان دخول للممثل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слух (breeze, bruit, buzz, hearing, hearsay, noise, report, reportage, rumor, rumour, scuttlebutt, speech, story, whisper, whispering, wind), чуване, прослушване (hearing), проба (assay, attempt, experiment, hallmark, proof, sample, taste, tentative, test, trial, try, try on, try out). (various references) | |
Chinese | 试演. (various references) | |
Czech | vyzkoušet (examine, prove, test, try on, try out), předehrávka, konkurs (bankruptcy, competition). (various references) | |
Danish | hoerelse (hearing), hoereevne (hearing), hørelse (hearing), høreevne (hearing). (various references) | |
Dutch | auditie (hearing). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aŭdicio. (various references) | |
Farsi | قدرت استماع , سامعه (Hearing), استماع (Listen), ازمایش هنرپیشه , شنواءی (Ear, Hearing). (various references) | |
Finnish | kuuloaisti (hearing), kuulo (hearing). (various references) | |
French | audition. (various references) | |
German | vorsprechen (call, recite, say first, to audition). (various references) | |
Greek | ακοή (hearing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבחני קבלה, שמיעה (auscultation, hearing, listening). (various references) | |
Hungarian | meghallgatás (hearing), hallóképesség. (various references) | |
Indonesian | audisi. (various references) | |
Italian | audizione (hearing, recital). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 聴取 (hearing, listening, radio reception). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | オーディション , ちょうしゅ (hearing, listening, radio reception). (various references) | |
Korean | 오디션. (various references) | |
Manx | cur eaishtagh da. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | auditionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | audição (hearing, recital). (various references) | |
Romanian | auz (ear, hearing), audiere (examination, hearing), audiţie (audience, hearing, listen, recital), ureche (ear, eye, handle, hearing, loop, strap), probã (alloy, argument, assay, attempt, check up, control, event, examination, exemplar, go, instance, pattern, probation, proof, sample, specimen, test, trial, try, verification, witness), concurs (assistance, competition, concurrence, contest, co-operation, help). (various references) | |
Russian | проба (analysis, assay, essay, plate-mark, prill, probe, proof, purity, reaction, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, tasting, test, try out, tryout, try-out). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | audicija (try out), učestvovati u probi, slušanje (listening), proba (assay, demonstration, essay, probe, rehearsal, sample, scantling, shakedown, test, trial), primiti na slušanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | audición (hearing, tryout). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppspelning (playback), provspelning, provsjungning, prov (display, experiment, prill, probation, proof, sample, sign, specimen, test, token, trial, try out), hörsel (hearing), hörande (paginal). (various references) | |
Thai | การได้ยิน, การทดสอบการแสดง, ทดสอบการแสดง. (various references) | |
Turkish | ses sınavı yapmak, ses sınavı, kulak sınavı, işitme gücü, işitme (audio, auditory, hearing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слухання (hearing, listening), слух (ear, hearing), прослухувати, прослухування, проба (alloy, analysis, approof, countersign, hallmark, novitiate, plate-mark, proof, proving, taste, tasting, try out). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sức nghe, sự nghe (ear, listening). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "audition": auditioned, auditioning, auditions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "audition": subaudition. (additional references) | |
Words containing "audition": subauditions. (additional references) | |
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"Audition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aditio, admition, aucition, auditron, Audouin, autrition, eludition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "audition" (pronounced Ädi"shun) |
| 5 | -d i" sh u n | addition, condition, edition, erudition, expedition, extradition, precondition, recondition, rendition, sedition, tradition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | fission, academician, abolition, acquisition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, composition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, electrician, emission, exhibition, exposition, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, transition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-n-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: audio, audit, danio, daunt, donut, idiot, iodin, nitid, oidia, tondi. | |
-4 letters: adit, anti, aunt, auto, dato, daut, dint, dita, doat, doit, dona, duit, dunt, inia, inti, into, iota, naoi, nidi, nodi, nota, tain, toad, tuna, unai, undo, unit, unto. | |
-5 letters: ado, aid, ain, ait, and, ani, ant, din, dit, don, dot, dui, dun. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: auditions, nautiloid, quotidian. | |
+2 letters: auditioned, coatimundi, dubitation, induration, inundation, latifundio, nautiloids, quotidians. | |
+3 letters: acidulation, auditioning, coatimundis, cuspidation, disputation, dubitations, duplication, elucidation, indurations, inundations, latifundios, liquidation, multidomain, repudiation, staminodium, subaudition, unidiomatic. | |
+4 letters: acidulations, adjudication, adventitious, altitudinous, antidilution, autoxidation, boatbuilding, claudication, cuspidations, denunciation, deputization, difunctional, disputations, duplications, educationist, elucidations, fluidization, fluoridating, fluoridation, liquidations, longitudinal, miseducation, mountainside, postdiluvian, repudiations, stridulation, subauditions, undiplomatic, unfastidious. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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