audience
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiens "hearing", from verb audio, "I hear".
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audience (plural audiences)
- (now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke VII:
- When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke VII:
- A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance. [from 15th c.]
- We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. [from 16th c.]
- She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
- The readership of a book or other written publication. [from 19th c.]
- "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.
- A following. [from 20th c.]
- The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
[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] Etymology
From Latin audientia, from present participle audiens "hearing", from verb audio, "I hear".
[edit] Noun
audience f. (plural audiences)
