audience
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
Example
“We joined the audience just as the lights went down.”
Other meanings
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
“She managed to get an audience with the Pope.”
Related words
- audienceless
- cyberaudience
- fraudience
- preaudience
- unaudienced
- intended audience
- target audience
- audience left
- audience right
- audience-proof
- audience effect
- captive audience
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "audientia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “audience” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.