AUDIENCE Definition & Meaning

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audience

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noun

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.
the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public:
Some works of music have a wide and varied audience.
a regular public that manifests interest, support, enthusiasm, or the like; a following:
Every art form has its audience.
opportunity to be heard; chance to speak to or before a person or group; a hearing.
a formal interview with a sovereign, high officer of government, or other high-ranking person:
an audience with the pope.
the act of hearing, or attending to, words or sounds.

audience

/ ˈɔː��ɪə�Բ� /

noun

a group of spectators or listeners, esp at a public event such as a concert or play
the people reached by a book, film, or radio or television programme
the devotees or followers of a public entertainer, lecturer, etc; regular public
an opportunity to put one's point of view, such as a formal interview with a monarch or head of state

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Grammar Note

See collective noun.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog 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ŧ�Բ� “hearing” (present participle of ��ܻ�ī�� “to hear”) + -ia -ia ( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of audience¹

C14: from Old French, from Latin audientia a hearing, from ��ܻ�ī�� to hear

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These narratives have found resonance in an online audience that harbours a general distrust of mainstream media and worries about South Korea's neighbours.

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Historically, there have been few examples of zombie films made in Mexico, even if the horror genre at large has always proven widely popular with Mexican audiences.

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It’s as much an intervention as it is an intermission, making its audience keenly aware of the many other limits and borders that structure the film.

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“Death of a Unicorn” is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.

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The presentation closed with an appearance by Cruise, who asked the audience for a moment of silence in honor of his “Top Gun” co-star Val Kilmer, who died earlier this week.

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