audience
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈɔːdiəns/
- After the performance, the audience gave a standing ovation to the talented actors.
- target audience
- purpose and audience
- intended audience
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Watch on YouTubeSo we are asking our audience to e-mail in.
- So we are asking our audience to e-mail in.
- How are you going to let the audience know that?
- I have a big enough audience now, so.
- And so though their audience would come watch my videos.
- What is the experience you want your audience to go through?
- He's just surveying the audience to see how they think.
- I feel like you're the kind of perfect audience for my work.
- This helped us show the audience that our product is important.
- OK, so it's time for the audience to step in.
- And, and this audience is going to hate it.
- Thank you, whoever's watching this audience appreciate you.
- It's a new year, new time, new audience, new speakers.
Examples
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No, OK, Questions from the audience right here.
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What is the experience you want your audience to go through?
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So we are asking our audience to e-mail in.
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And yet each year the audience is less and less and less.
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How are you going to let the audience know that?
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Why do you have to build an audience at all now?
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There is no money, no audience, no interest.
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Writers who are aware of their audience may be more critical readers as well.
Academic text (2012) -
Well, we want as big an audience as possible, don't we?
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Senior groups already utilizing the library are a built-in audience for an insurance or IRA program.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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4.1
People who read a certain newspaper, magazine, or book
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1.6
People who watch a particular TV show
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4.1
The number of people who watch a TV program or channel
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1.4
People who share an interest, for example book readers
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3.2
A group of people who watch a particular TV program
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3.1
A group of people who meet to watch a TV show or event together
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5.5
People who listen to a particular radio program or station
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
Counting how many people watch or listen and finding who they are for TV, radio and online media
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Audience comes from the Latin verb audire, meaning 'to hear', and it grew to mean any group of people who receive a message or entertainment. So when advertisers talk about a 'target audience', they mean the people they want to reach.