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audience

Definitions of audience
  1. noun
    an opportunity to state your case and be heard
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    type of:
    chance, occasion
    a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
  2. noun
    the act of hearing attentively
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    type of:
    perception
    becoming aware of something via the senses
  3. noun
    the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment
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    types:
    téléspectateur
    the audience reached by television
    type of:
    foule, gens, masse
    the common people generally
  4. noun
    (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
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    type of:
    procédure légale
    (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  5. noun
    a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
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    types:
    spectateur
    spectators at a golf or tennis match
    auditoire, salle
    the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema
    type of:
    attroupement, rassemblement
    a group of persons together in one place
  6. noun
    the audience reached by television
    synonyms: téléspectateur
  7. noun
    a conference (usually with someone important)
    synonyms: concertation, interview
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    type of:
    conférence
    a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
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