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audience

audience

1.8
People who get information or entertainment, for example from a show
  • noun
  • /ˈɔːdiəns/
translation icon : público
  • After the performance, the audience gave a standing ovation to the talented actors.
  • target audience
  • purpose and audience
  • intended audience

So we are asking our audience to e-mail in.

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Examples

  • No, OK, Questions from the audience right here.

  • What is the experience you want your audience to go through?

  • So we are asking our audience to e-mail in.

  • And yet each year the audience is less and less and less.

  • How are you going to let the audience know that?

  • Why do you have to build an audience at all now?

  • There is no money, no audience, no interest.

  • 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?

  • Senior groups already utilizing the library are a built-in audience for an insurance or IRA program.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

public
vsaudience
184 1.4

People who share an interest, for example book readers

is focused on groups who actively consume information and entertainment
readership
vsaudience
34 4.1

People who read a certain newspaper, magazine, or book

is broader, including groups who consume many kinds of media and products
viewership
vsaudience
14 4.1

The number of people who watch a TV program or channel

is the broader concept of groups who consume media rather than a count
TV audience
vsaudience
7 1.6

People who watch a particular TV show

is broader, applying to any group that consumes information or entertainment
viewing audience
vsaudience
5 3.2

A group of people who watch a particular TV program

is broader, covering groups who consume content across media and products
viewing party
vsaudience
  • US
3 3.1

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

is different, referring to groups who consume content rather than the event of meeting
listenership
vsaudience
1 5.5

People who listen to a particular radio program or station

is broader, covering groups who consume content across different media

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 Large

audience
1.8
individual
2.3

Surface Forms

audience singular
audiences plural

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.