tryouts
word · lemma: tryout
Definition
An event or set of tests where people show their skills to try to become part of a team, group, or production, such as in sports or performing arts.
Usage & Nuances
'Tryouts' is most often plural and is used especially in American English for sports or performing arts. Common phrases: 'basketball tryouts', 'theater tryouts'. In British English, similar concepts are called 'trials' (sports) or 'auditions' (performing arts).
Example Sentences
The baseball tryouts start next week.
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She practiced every day for the dance tryouts.
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About 50 students came to the choir tryouts.
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Did you sign up for the volleyball tryouts yet?
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He was really nervous before the theater tryouts, but he did great.
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If you want to make the team, you can't miss the tryouts this Friday.
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