audience
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French audience.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɔːdiəns/, SAMPA: /"O:di@ns/
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[edit] Noun
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audience (plural audiences)
- A group of people seeing a performance.
- We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- The readership of a written publication.
- "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.
- A following
- The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
- A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
- She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
[edit] Usage notes
- In some dialects, audience is used as a plurale tantum.
- The audience are getting restless.
[edit] Synonyms
- (group of people seeing a performance): spectators, crowd
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[edit] Translations
group of people seeing a performance
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readership of a written publication
formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary
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קהל-מעריצים (qhal-ma'aritzym) m. (3); מפגש (mifgash) m. (4)
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[edit] Noun
audience f. (plural audiences)
