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audience

audience

1.1
People who sit together to watch a performance or listen to a speech
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːdiəns/
translation icon : público
  • All right, we have a question from the audience which is not on screen.
  • audience members
  • a large audience
  • engage the audience

And the guy in the audience went bullshit.

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Examples

  • During the seminar, the audience listened attentively to the speaker.

  • And the reactions from people in the audience are just glorious.

  • Which means it's time to bring back the studio audience here on your show.

  • Your kids are in the audience watching Daddy.

  • There was magic created between the audience and me in that moment.

  • It's just simply telling the audience what is coming.

  • How many of you here in the audience follow black Twitter?

  • I remember when we were doing live audience shows before COVID.

  • And more importantly, the audience loved it, right.

  • Once the monologue is over, the audience is asked to contribute questions and engage actively.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

crowd
vsaudience
1.0

Many people or things are close together in one place

is about people gathered specifically to watch or listen, not merely a dense gathering
gathering
vsaudience
203 1.0

A meeting of people for a social or special purpose

is specifically about people gathered to watch or listen to an event
public
vsaudience
184 1.4

People who share an interest, for example book readers

is a physical group gathered to watch or listen, not just an interest group
assembly
vsaudience
162 2.5

A group of people who meet for a common purpose

focuses on people assembled to watch or listen to a performance or speech
TV audience
vsaudience
7 1.6

People who watch a particular TV show

is about people gathered in one place to watch or listen live
viewing audience
vsaudience
5 3.2

A group of people who watch a particular TV program

is about people gathered in one place to watch or listen live
viewing party
vsaudience
  • US
3 3.1

A group of people who meet to watch a TV show or event together

is for general gathered viewers rather than a private social occasion

Compounds

More people who see or hear something than before

7 1.6

People who watch a particular TV show

A group of people who watch a particular TV program

audience measurement
  • Specialized
4.2

Counting how many people watch or listen and finding who they are for TV, radio and online media

8.6

A group of people thought to be not very smart

How Big

crowd
1.0
audience
1.1
single
1.0

Surface Forms

audience singular
audiences plural

Etymology

Audience comes from the Latin verb audire, which means 'to hear', and is related to English words like audio and audible. So an audience is literally 'those who hear', the people who listen to or watch a performance.