readershipread‧er‧ship /ˈriːdəʃɪp $ -ər-/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
a magazine with a readership of 60,000 They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership.2the job that a Reader has in a British university: a readership in linguistics
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The magazine has a readership of 60,000.
- The magazine now hopes to attract a wider readership.
- The newspaper now has a readership of more than 500,000.
- These books are obviously written for a young readership.
- Like a personal chair, a readership is usually conferred on an individual for merit in scholarship, research and published work.
- Most newspapers have a few pages of features, and that's another kind of readership.
- Newspaper and magazine readership is measured by written questionnaires.
- Such agencies utilise consumer panels, readership surveys and television audience measurement to generate their information. 17.
- Such treatment may reflect the readership the authors had in mind.
- The paper was returned because it did not suit the magazines's readership, but was accepted by Infection and Immunity.
- The political affiliations of a newspaper, its locality and the demographics of its readership should all be taken into account.
- This paper is an evening paper and has a very high readership.
Longman Language Activatorthe people who read a particular newspaper, book etc
someone who reads a particular newspaper, magazine, or a type of book: · The magazine needs to attract more young readers.· Her books appeal especially to women readers.· All Ms Atwood's readers will be delighted with her latest book.· The average reader of science-fiction is young and male.
all the people who read a particular book, magazine, or newspaper: · The newspaper now has a readership of more than 500,000.· These books are obviously written for a young readership.a broad/wide readership: · The magazine now hopes to attract a wider readership.
the number of people who buy and read a particular newspaper or magazine: a circulation of 500,000/1 million etc: · The local newspaper has a circulation of around 16,000.a small/large circulation: · It is a specialist journal with a relatively small circulation.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership.· This would prevent questionable findings influencing a much wider readership.· Upstarts and Livewire have received a wide readership already.· Possibly a good choice for a Christmas gift for it will amuse a wide readership.· By bringing it out as an A-format, £4.99, mass-market paperback we hope to attract a much wider readership.· It is an interesting, well written book and I anticipate that it will gain a wide readership.· Hufbauer's pioneering approach deserves a wide readership.· Within a single volume a range of topics is covered that will also be of interest to a wider readership.· In the hundred years after he died, the Pilgrim's Progress found an increasingly wide readership among Nonconformists.
NOUN· Such agencies utilise consumer panels, readership surveys and television audience measurement to generate their information. 17.· Please let us know in future readership surveys!
WORD FAMILYnounreadreaderreadershipreadingreadabilityadjectivereadable ≠ unreadableverbread
1all the people who read a particular newspaper or magazine regularlyreadership of a magazine with a readership of 60,000 They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership.2the job that a Reader has in a British university: a readership in linguistics