I. au ‧ di ‧ tion 1 /ɔːˈdɪʃ ə n $ ɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: auditio 'hearing' , from audire ; ⇨ ↑ audio ]
a short performance by an actor, singer etc that someone watches to judge if they are good enough to act in a play, sing in a concert etc
audition for
I’ve got an audition for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on Friday.
II. audition 2 BrE AmE verb
1 . [intransitive] to take part in an audition
audition for
She’s auditioning for Ophelia in ‘Hamlet’.
2 . [transitive] to watch and judge someone’s performance in an audition:
We auditioned more than 200 dancers before deciding on Carole Ann.