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audition

ɑˈdɪʃən
WordNet
Cartoon of the disagreement within the Court of Audit about the Accountability Act. Plate published by the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 44, November 4, 1865.
Cartoon of the disagreement within the Court of Audit about the Accountability Act. Plate published by the weekly De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 44, November 4, 1865.
  1. (v) audition
    perform in order to get a role "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"
  2. (n) audition
    a test of the suitability of a performer
  3. (n) audition
    the ability to hear; the auditory faculty "his hearing was impaired"
Illustrations
The Court of Audit reminds a minister of their comments on financial management. Design for a political cartoon.
The Court of Audit reminds a minister of their comments on financial management. Design for a political cartoon.
Portrait of François Leidecker, deputy at the Zeeland Audit Office. Standing half-length against a balustrade in front of a formal garden. Pendant to SK-A-826.
François Leidecker (1650-1718).Member of the Provincial Executive of Zeeland
Portrait of François Leydecker (1650-1718). Deputy of the General Audit Chamber for Zeeland. Half-length to the right, standing, in Japanese rock. Top right the family crest. Pendant to SK-A-827.
Portrait of François Leydecker (1650-1718).Deputy of the General Audit Chamber for Zeeland
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Audition
    The act of hearing or listening; hearing. "Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) audition
    The act of hearing; a hearing or listening; the sensation from an impression on the auditory nerve by the vibrations of the air produced by a sonorous body.
  2. (n) audition
    The sense of hearing; hearing, as a physiological function or faculty; one of the five special senses.
  3. (n) audition
    Something heard.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (ns) Audition
    the sense of hearing: the act of hearing:
  2. (ns) Audition
    (rare) something heard
Quotations
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.
James Humes
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. auditio,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. auditus, a hearing—audīre, to hear. See Audible.

Usage in the news

Council Committee to Discuss Discretionary Fund Audit Report. fpl.org

Weprin Would Dedicate Staff to Audit Discretionary Funds. observer.com

Listening has slipped 11 percent since the early 1990's, according to Arbitron audits. nytimes.com

The "American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour" will be in Dodge City Friday, Aug 24 in Wright Park. kfdi.com

Producers say it is an open audition, and anyone in the area can sign up to show them their stuff. kfdi.com

Would it disturb you to learn that the majority of the nation's employee benefit plan assets have never been audited. forbes.com

For years he'd dreamed of leaving the profession, Camp says over a large Americano at a Village café, his fourth coffee of the morning, frustrated by the endless rounds of auditions, the scramble for unrewarding roles. villagevoice.com

Auditions will be held at The Driftwood Rehearsal Annex. edmondsbeacon.com

The Edmonds Driftwood Players are holding open auditions for "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. edmondsbeacon.com

Auditions are Saturday, November 17 (from 12:30 p.m.). edmondsbeacon.com

'No' to city audit ordinance. timesfreepress.com

It's a staggering claim, but it was made by the country's Supreme Audit Bureau. csmonitor.com

Otherwise, please come and audit. chronofhorse.com

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the US audit industry regulator, issued its first report on the auditors of broker-dealers this week and it was ugly. forbes.com

Results In Of An Audit Into The Shelby County Election Commission . knofm.org

Usage in scientific papers

It will therefore help the audit and spreadsheet development communities to “market” the issues to decision makers, and raise them as corporate and IS governance rather than parochial technical issues.
Applying the CobiT Control Framework to Spreadsheet Developments

These deficiencies include the absence of auditability and change control, the difficulty of managing and analysing historical data and the time spent on repetitive manual tasks.
Enterprise Spreadsheet Management: A Necessary Good

Modern centralised systems pass such transparency tests with ease – audit, security and integrity are part of the design specification.
Enterprise Spreadsheet Management: A Necessary Good

To quote [Panko 2000], “given data from recent field audits, most large spreadsheets probably do contain significant errors”.
Ensuring Spreadsheet Integrity with Model Master

The most recent audits he cites found errors in at least 86% of spreadsheets audited. In a 1997 feature entitled “Fatal Addition” [Ward 1997], New Scientist reported that 90% of the spreadsheets audited in a study carried out by Coopers and Lybrand were found to have errors.
Ensuring Spreadsheet Integrity with Model Master

Usage in literature

Non illo plura Caystros Carmina cygnorum labentibus audit in undis. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III." by John Symonds

Non illo plura Caystros Carmina cygnorum labentibus audit in undis. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete" by John Symonds

The whole accounting and auditing system was very elaborate and characteristically suspicious. "The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36" by Various

This committee and another constituted to audit the accounts of the Government are created for a year. "The Governments of Europe" by Frederic Austin Ogg

Ranger and Ridgway dropped in while the audit was in progress, and were promptly pounced upon to add the columns too. "The Cock-House at Fellsgarth" by Talbot Baines Reed

MR. SILVIS: As chairman of the auditing committee, I find two discrepancies in the report issued by Sterling Smith. "Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting" by Northern Nut Growers Association

As soon as the accounts were audited, the conference broke up. "Snarley-yow" by Frederick Marryat

This showed conclusively that the organs of audition were not located in the antennae, as Will supposed and as Lubbock advocates. "The Dawn of Reason" by James Weir

If B. Paget declines the Audit Office, Fremantle will come to the India Board, and Sir G. Clerk remain at the Admiralty. "Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1)" by Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

While Kelly was making bills as sheriff, Tweed was auditing them in the Board of Supervisors. "A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3" by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

Usage in poetry
Happiness
Is a clean bill of health from the doctor,
And the kids shouldn't move back home for
more than a year,
And not being audited, overdrawn, in Wilkes-Barre,
in a lawsuit or in traction.