Meaning of AUDIENCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'odeeuns
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- [n] a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
- [n] a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
- [n] the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"
- [n] an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"
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AUDIENCE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | consultation, hearing, interview |
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| | See Also: | | assemblage, attender, auditor, chance, conference, gallery, gathering, group discussion, hearer, hoi polloi, house, listener, mass, masses, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, multitude, opportunity, people, playgoer, populace, public, readership, theatergoer, theatregoer, TV audience, viewers, viewing audience, world | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See {Audible}, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
According to the fair play of the world, Let me have
audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
{Court of audience}, or {Audience court} (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
{In general} (or {open}) {audience}, publicly.
{To give audience}, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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| | Related Terms: | | accepter, acquirer, addressee, aficionado, attender, attention, audition, auditor, auditory, bargaining, bargaining session, beholder, buff, bugging, claqueur, clientage, clientele, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consideration, consignee, consultation, convention, council, council fire, council of war, deadhead, discussion, ear, eavesdropping, electronic surveillance, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, fan, favorable attention, frequenter, gallery, getter, groundling, habitue, haunter, hearer, hearing, high-level talk, hired applauder, holder, house, huddle, interchange of views, interview, listener, listening, listening in, looker, meeting, moviegoer, negotiations, news conference, obtainer, orchestra, palaver, parley, pass holder, patron, payee, pit, playgoer, pourparler, powwow, press conference, procurer, public, receiver, recipient, seance, session, sitting, spectator, standee, summit, summit conference, summitry, taker, theater, theatergoer, trustee, tryout, viewer, visitor, wiretapping |
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