audition
verbEtymology Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
1
To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.
- We auditioned several actors for the part.
- I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:
2
To take part in such a performance.
- Several actors auditioned for the part.
- Derived terms
- auditionee, auditioner, reaudition, unauditioned