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Audience

Audience Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Audience? [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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Audience: consultation \| hearing \| interview Related Terms \| Find terms related to Audience: 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 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 Audience In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Audience Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Audience?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Audience: consultation | hearing | interview

Audience In Webster's Dictionary

\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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