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audience

[ aw-dee-uhns ]

noun

  1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert:

    The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.

  2. the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public:

    Some works of music have a wide and varied audience.

  3. a regular public that manifests interest, support, enthusiasm, or the like; a following:

    Every art form has its audience.

  4. opportunity to be heard; chance to speak to or before a person or group; a hearing.
  5. a formal interview with a sovereign, high officer of government, or other high-ranking person:

    an audience with the pope.

  6. the act of hearing, or attending to, words or sounds.


audience

/ ˈɔːdɪəns /

noun

  1. a group of spectators or listeners, esp at a public event such as a concert or play
  2. the people reached by a book, film, or radio or television programme
  3. the devotees or followers of a public entertainer, lecturer, etc; regular public
  4. an opportunity to put one's point of view, such as a formal interview with a monarch or head of state


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Other Words From

  • pro·audi·ence adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of audience1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin audientia “act of listening, group of listeners,” from audient-, stem of audiēns “hearing” (present participle of audīre “to hear”) + -ia -ia ( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of audience1

C14: from Old French, from Latin audientia a hearing, from audīre to hear

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Example Sentences

My memories of those nights are vivid because it always seemed to me that the entire audience leaped to its feet collectively.

Not just that, you can send your ads when your average audience is most active.

The publication found examples across YouTube and search where advertisers could exclude audiences based on “unknown gender.”

When an audience member asked during the panel why Date Lab has such a low success rate — a good question, but we’ll save it for another time — I invited the two to stand up.

It’s also critical to examine where users are in the customer journey before using a lead form extension as more awareness-stage audiences may not be ready to convert yet.

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

Conway says the audience is asked to vote all the way through the show.

When the audience laughed he added that, “They think freedom would benefit them but they were cheated.”

Sting took over the lead role to try to draw an audience, but his thumpingly inspirational score was already the hero of the show.

He was also the one and only personage in the drama, concentrating on himself the attention of the audience.

How still and calm the night was, the very stars were painted on the sky, the lights were low, there lay a hush upon the audience.

The voice of duty called her to the kitchen, where her cook patiently awaited her inevitable, and always painful, audience.

His lordship suggested that Garrick should write an address to the audience for the players.

The more enthusiastic among the audience, male and female, also sport the red cap of liberty.

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