audition
nounHow to pronounce audition:
Definition of audition:
- audition (noun):
- the power or sense of hearing
- a test of a performer's or musician's ability for a particular role or job
Synonyms for audition:
aptitude test
auditory modality
auditory sense
exam
examination
final
hearing
inspection
intelligence test
investigation
midterm
midyear
placement test
pretest
quiz
retest
review
screen test
sense of hearing
test
tryout
Antonyms for audition:
conclusion
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- woolgather
- rusticate
- choleric
- beatitude
- spacecraft
- respondent
- Genghis Khan
- Kanye
- Frigidaire
- expounded
- Canada
- unerring
- residue
- morphemic
- lampara
- profaner
- gorgeously
- fellowship
- eyelash
- allusion
- whenever
- disinclined
- nectarine
- abampere
- psalterion
- opera
- botany
- rollover
- compactly
- theorem
- succeeded
- indisposed
- extirpate
- magenta
- befuddled
- Tibetan
- cannibal
- armory
- pentarchy
- dilative
- agency
- strategies
- crucify
- assuredness
- swooshes
- serial
- dynamo
- thenceforth
- Pramoda
- pitiless
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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