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Audition   /ɑdˈɪʃən/   Listen
Audition

noun
1.
The ability to hear; the auditory faculty.  Synonyms: auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing.
2.
A test of the suitability of a performer.  Synonym: tryout.
verb
1.
Perform in order to get a role.  Synonym: try out.



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"Audition" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a hyaline or reticular cartilaginous axis covered with connective or adipose tissue and skin bearing fine hairs; sometimes both cartilage and fat are absent. They are often associated with some form of defective audition—harelip, ocular disturbance, club-feet, congenital hernia, etc. These supernumerary members vary from one to five in number and are sometimes hereditary. Reverdin describes a man having a supernumerary nipple on the right side of his chest, of whose five children three ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... — N. hearing &c v.; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility. acute ear, nice ear, delicate ear, quick ear, sharp ear, correct ear, musical ear; ear for music. ear, auricle, lug, acoustic organs, auditory apparatus; eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



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