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audience

[aw-dee-uhns]

noun

  1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert.

    The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.

  2. the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public.

    Some works of music have a wide and varied audience.

  3. a regular public that manifests interest, support, enthusiasm, or the like; a following.

    Every art form has its audience.

  4. opportunity to be heard; chance to speak to or before a person or group; a hearing.

  5. a formal interview with a sovereign, high officer of government, or other high-ranking person.

    an audience with the pope.

  6. the act of hearing, or attending to, words or sounds.



audience

/ ˈɔːɪəԲ /

noun

  1. a group of spectators or listeners, esp at a public event such as a concert or play

  2. the people reached by a book, film, or radio or television programme

  3. the devotees or followers of a public entertainer, lecturer, etc; regular public

  4. an opportunity to put one's point of view, such as a formal interview with a monarch or head of state

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • proaudience adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of audience1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin audientia “act of listening, group of listeners,” from audient-, stem of ܻ徱ŧԲ “hearing” (present participle of ܻī “to hear”) + -ia -ia ( def. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of audience1

C14: from Old French, from Latin audientia a hearing, from ܻī to hear
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Though family audiences were initially slow to return after the pandemic, movies that appeal to those theatergoers have turned out to be box office juggernauts.

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Flanagan preys on the audience’s nostalgia and our desperate search for something heartwarming, wherever we can find it.

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But for decades, Tony Jones has been putting them into words for audiences around the globe.

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“The most critical choice they made for the live-action was making sure the audience falls in love with Toothless,” he adds.

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A perfectly archetypal rom-com lead, looking as gorgeous as Johnson, Evans or Pascal, would be enough to draw audiences regardless of whether the film itself was realistic.

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