audience
Other forms: audiences
An audience can be people watching a performance, or an opportunity to speak with someone important, like an audience with your favorite actor at a "meet and greet" event.
The noun audience can describe all the people watching a performance, or the part of the general public interested in a specific type of information or entertainment. For example, the audience for a show about raising children might be parents or other care-givers. Finally, an audience can be a meeting or interview, like an audience with your school's principal.
Definitions of audience
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a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance“the audience applauded”“someone in the audience began to cough”
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types:
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gallery
spectators at a golf or tennis match
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grandstand
the audience at a stadium or racetrack
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house
the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
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type of:
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assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place
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gallery
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the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment“every artist needs an audience”“the broadcast reached an audience of millions”
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types:
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readership
the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
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TV audience, viewers, viewing audience
the audience reached by television
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type of:
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hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed
the common people generally
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readership
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an opportunity to state your case and be heard“he saw that he had lost his audience”
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synonyms:
hearing
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type of:
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chance, opportunity
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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chance, opportunity
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a conference (usually with someone important)“he requested an audience with the king”
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synonyms:
consultation, interview
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type of:
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conference, group discussion
a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
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conference, group discussion
Pronunciation
US
/ˈɔdiəns/
UK
/ˈɔdiɛns/
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