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# audition

«audition» in Mova's school dictionary: **noun A short performance to show whether you are good…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an audition, auditions); verb (audition, auditions, auditioned, auditioning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) noun A short performance to show whether you are good enough for a part in a play, a band, a choir or a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#m1)

2) verb To do such a performance, or to watch and judge people doing it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#m2)

3) (science) The sense of hearing (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school life auditions happen before the school play or the choir: children sing or act and the teachers choose. TV talent shows begin with auditions. Phrases: «go to an audition», «audition for a part», «pass the audition».

### examples

- I have an audition for the school play on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x1)
- She auditioned for the part of Dorothy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x2)
- Fifty children came to the choir auditions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x3)
- My hands were shaking at the audition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x4)
- The teachers auditioned everyone who wanted to sing a solo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x5)
- He didn't get the part, but he'll audition again next year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/#x6)

### note

Use «an»: an audition. You audition FOR a part. Regular verb: auditioned. Related to «audio» and «audience» — all about hearing.

### In the corpora

- [Most actors are not famous; many do small roles, adverts and voice work, and face many auditions and rejections.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «audition» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audition/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.