audiencenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɔː.di.əns/us/ˈɑː.di.əns/audience noun [ C ] (GROUP OF PEOPLE)
B1 [ + sing/pl verb ] the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc.:
She lectures to audiences all over the world.
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.
The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance.
The magic show had a lot of audience participation, with people shouting things to the performers and going up on stage.
B2 [ + sing/pl verb ] the (number of) people watching or listening to a particular television or radio programme, reading a particular book, or visiting a particular website:
The television company has lost a large part of its audience since it changed its programming.
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience (= many people will want to read it).
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- The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak.
- She announced the winner of the competition to an excited audience.
- She is a confident and practised speaker who always impresses her audience.
- The candidates engaged in a lively debate, witnessed by a huge television audience.
- The play shocked audiences when it was first performed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Audiences and spectators
- bums on seats idiom
- bystander
- captive audience
- concertgoer
- consumption
- crowd
- fan
- fly
- fly on the wall idiom
- goer
- listener
- observer
- onlooker
- seat
- spectator
- viewer
- watcher
- watcher
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audience noun [ C ] (FORMAL MEETING)
a formal meeting that you have with an important person:
She had a private audience with the king.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Meeting people
- appointment
- conclave
- cross
- cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
- deal
- gathering
- hello
- hook
- hook up
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- known
- massed
- meet
- meeting point
- muster point
- remember sb to sb
- run across sb
- tryst
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