auditorium
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/
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auditorio
- Anne's reading that evening, in a large auditorium in the student union, was excellent.
- large auditorium
- small auditorium
- high school auditorium
And it's usually a single clap in the auditorium for a very long period of time.
- And it's usually a single clap in the auditorium for a very long period of time.
- So we scurried around and found that the Boston Gas Company had a big auditorium bigger than this.
- So these guys went downtown and and rented this beautiful auditorium in the Institute for Contemporary Art.
- Once again, we are broadcasting Chicago's historic auditorium Theater, which is beautiful and huge.
- We we will be broadcasting from beautiful and historic theater, the Auditorium.
- And opening night, by the half time interval, there was no one left in the entire auditorium, including the cast.
- There is an auditorium, a theater, a movie theater, and it's filled with cats.
- Oscar nominee Thames made things very difficult for the people sitting behind her in the auditorium because, well, she wore this.
- And I look out into that auditorium and I go, oh, I know I do this thing.
- Like we, we can look around here at the this wonderful institution that's this auditorium we're at right now in this campus.
- And in fact, I knew that that Michael approved because OK, so we were at the this was at the Shrine Auditorium and they underneath it, they have like this basement.
Examples
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And so I had protesters outside the auditorium at the university.
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After the performance ended, everyone applauded loudly in the auditorium.
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We'll meet up in the auditorium in half an hour.
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I'll see you in the auditorium for the finale Mr. Still.
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All of the final products were displayed in the auditorium lobby the night of the concert.
Academic text (2011) -
The second story contains offices, an auditorium, a modest library, and a few classrooms.
Academic text (1996) -
Glancing around the auditorium, the pride on the faces of the teachers was apparent.
Academic text (2015) -
Combined fourth- and fifth-grade classes travel to the high school auditorium for a full-scale musical production.
Academic text (1993) -
The audience took their seats as the lights dimmed in the auditorium.
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The concert was held in a large auditorium that could accommodate over a thousand people.
Synonyms
553
1.0
A building where people go to see plays or movies
314
1.0
A large space for public gatherings like concerts or feasts
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5.9
A building where people go to watch plays or films
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2.5
A large building or room where people hear live music, especially classical
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3.0
A building where people watch operas and musical shows
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4.9
A large open place with rising rows of seats around a middle area where people watch events
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6.2
A building where people watch live shows like songs, comedy, and short acts
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2.7
A large room in a school or community centre where people gather for meetings and events
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9.6
A public hall for talks and musical performances
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Etymology
Auditorium comes from the Latin audire 'to hear' plus a common ending that marks a place, so it literally means 'a place to hear'. Think of the same root in audio and audible to remember that an auditorium is where people sit to listen to a performance.