Audience

  • 31audience — /aw dee euhns/, n. 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… …

    Universalium

  • 32audience — noun (C) 1 a group of people who watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public: The audience began clapping and cheering. 2 the number or kind of people who regularly watch or listen to a particular programme: The show attracts a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33audience — noun 1) the audience applauded Syn: spectators, listeners, viewers, onlookers, patrons; crowd, throng, congregation, turnout; house, gallery 2) the radio station has a teenage audience Syn …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 34audience — /ˈɔdiəns / (say awdeeuhns) noun 1. an assembly of hearers or spectators: the audience at a film. 2. the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, website, etc.; public. 3. liberty or opportunity of being heard or of speaking with… …

  • 35audience — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36audience — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin audientia, from audient , audiens, present participle of audire Date: 14th century 1. the act or state of hearing 2. a. a formal hearing or interview < an audience with the po …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37audience — noun /ˈɔːdiəns/ a) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum. b) A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening&#8230; …

    Wiktionary

  • 38audience — noun 1) the audience applauded Syn: spectators, listeners, viewers, onlookers, crowd, throng, gallery, congregation, turnout 2) an audience with the Pope Syn: meeting …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 39audience — In international law, a hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who comes to him duly accredited; and, after the recall of a minister, an audience of leave&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 40audience — In international law, a hearing; interview with the sovereign. The king or other chief executive of a country grants an audience to a foreign minister who comes to him duly accredited; and, after the recall of a minister, an audience of leave&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary