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verb [VN] 1 to officially
examine the financial accounts of a company Ait; 2 (NAmE) to attend a course at college or
university but without taking any exams or receiving credit 0ajf ( AAilte) the 'Audit Commission noun [sing.] (in
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au di tion /oi'dijn/ noun, verb
m noun a short performance
given by an actor, a singer, etc., so that sb can decide whether they are
suitable to act in a play, sing in a concert, etc. ( )
iatfli, irtif
• verb 1 [V] ~ (for sth) to take part in an
audition it ; it ; it Hf: She was auditioning for the role
of Lady
Macbeth. 2 [VN] ~ sb (for
sth) to
watch, listen to and judge sb at an audition
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Bit; it ( ) i&M (SWI, it# ) : We
auditioned over 200 children for the part. A Cl AisA A %ffiitT 200 ^AJLiL
au ditor /'o:dita(r)/ noun 1 a person who officially examines the
business and financial records of a company ^ if M ; ft M 2 (NAmE) a person who attends a
college course, but without having to take exams and without receiving credit (
A^iH @ ^
audi tor ium /.oidi'toiriam/ noun [pi audi-toriums
or
auditoria /-ria/) 1 the part of a theatre, concert hall,
etc. in which the audience sits ( DiJl^t # )
n/f 2 (NAmE) a large building or room in
which public meetings,
concerts, etc. are held #;
audi tory /'oidatri; NAmE -torri/ adj. (technical A in) connected with hearing n/f ; p/T#Et):
auditory
stimuli
'audit
trail noun the detailed record of
information on paper or on a computer that can be examined to prove what
happened, for example what pieces of business were done and what decisions were
made A’i+^Lil:
au fait /,9u 'fei; NAmE ,ou/ adj. [not
before noun] ~ (with sth) (from French) completely familiar
with sth % A S ^: I’m new here so I’m not completely
au fait with the system. MJAAi'J,
Augean
stables /o;,d3i:0n
'steiblz/ noun [pi.] (in ancient Greek stories the
very large stables which
Hercules
cleaned in a day by making a river flow through them ( ffilRflA,
auger
/'o:ga(r)/ noun a tool for
making holes in wood, that looks like a large corkscrew
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. A AmWL )
aught
/o:t/ pron. (old use) anything aug ment /oig'ment/ verb [VN] (formal) to increase the amount, value, size, etc.
of sth iff jjq ; ft ; jf A ► aug men ta tion /.oigmen'teijn/ noun [U, C] aug men ta tive /.oig'mentativ/ adj. (linguistics ifftf) (of an affix or a word using an affix is] H # is] % is]) increasing
a quality expressed in the original word, especially by meaning ‘a large one of
its kind’ iff ,
au gra-tin /.au 'graetaen; NAmE ,ou/ adj. [usually before noun] (from French) covered in breadcrumbs or cheese and made brown by
heating in an oven, etc. ( M tU ffi
be)
augur /'D:ga(r)/
verb [V] ~ well/badly (formal) to be a sign that sth
will be successful or not successful in the future ± ( ) ; Ik HT71 bode Conflicts
among the various groups do not augur well for the future of the peace talks.
au gury /'oigjuri/ noun (pi. -ies) (literary) a sign of what will
happen in the future UM EEEI omen Au gust O'* /'oigost/ noun [U, C] (abbr. Aug.) the 8th month of the
year, between July and September AD : (BrE) August Bank