The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
The entire audience broke into loud applause.
He was speaking to an audience of students at the Institute for International Affairs.
Synonyms: spectators, company, house, crowd More Synonyms of audience
2. countable noun [with singular or plural verb]
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listento it.
The concert will be relayed to a worldwide television audience.
3. See also studio audience
4. countable noun [with singular or plural verb, usually singular]
The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
Merle's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime.
She began to find a receptive audience for her work.
Synonyms: public, market, following, fans More Synonyms of audience
5. countable noun [usually singular]
If you have an audiencewith someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.
The Prime Minister will seek an audience with the Queen later this morning. [+ with]
Synonyms: interview, meeting, hearing, exchange More Synonyms of audience
audience in British English
(ˈɔːdɪəns)
noun
1.
a group of spectators or listeners, esp at a public event such as a concert or play
2.
the people reached by a book, film, or radio or television programme
3.
the devotees or followers of a public entertainer, lecturer, etc; regular public
4.
an opportunity to put one's point of view, such as a formal interview with a monarch or head of state
Word origin
C14: from Old French, from Latin audientia a hearing, from audīre to hear
audience in American English
(ˈɔdiəns)
noun
1. Obsolete
the act or state of hearing
2.
a group of persons assembled to hear and see a speaker, a play, a concert, etc.
3.
all those persons who are tuned in to a particular radio or TV program
4. US
all those persons who read what one writes or hear what one says; one's public
5.
an opportunity to have one's ideas heard; a hearing
6.
a formal interview with a person in a high position
Word origin
ME & OFr < L audientia, a hearing, listening < audiens, prp. of audire, to hear < IE *awiz-dh-io < base *awis-, to perceive physically, grasp > aesthete
COBUILD Collocations
audience
address the audience
appreciative audience
average audience
broad audience
delight audiences
deserve an audience
draw an audience
engage the audience
entertain an audience
global audience
grant an audience
huge audience
intended audience
invite the audience to
large audience
loyal audience
mainstream audience
mass audience
modern audience
packed audience
please audiences
potential audience
radio audience
shock the audience
stun the audience
thrill the audience
weekly audience
young audience
Examples of 'audience' in a sentence
audience
Hard work for the dancers and hard work for the audience too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That of the audience being one step ahead of the detectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which made him wonder if he should carry on telling audiences about this.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the audience is simply programmed to switch on and be fed entertainment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It follows the same story but has been adapted for a younger audience and makes for a gripping read.
The Sun (2016)
Members of the audience will have the chance to put their questions to the panellists at the end of the night.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Its only audience is surely people who love the book, and they already know what happens.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has been leading ayahuasca ceremonies for 29 years and wants to bring it to a wider audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The stories you tell or music you perform can find a wider, richer audience and bring a new career within reach.
The Sun (2016)
What's great about this approach is it shines a light on improving human health, draws an audience and inspires people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Your ideas and presentation appeal to a wide audience.
The Sun (2015)
The total audience for this work was me and a man sitting to my left.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They normally do experimental concerts to smallish audiences in jazz clubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But it was only on the final songs that audience and artist visibly succumbed to tiredness.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
People in the audience are crying with happiness.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Social networking has really captured a young female audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The worry the patient had was that she might be a nightly audience of only one.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Various nervous audience members shuffled up to me and whispered that the secret police were there.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This proviso about the target audience is very important.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
The biggest issue is getting mainstream radio audiences to hear classical.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The best time of being on stage is the audience applause.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Members of the audience who booked seats hoping to see displays of temper were not disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We all want thriving museums and galleries that appeal to the widest possible audiences.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Most of the men in your audience work.
Christianity Today (2000)
Are musicians conscious of the audience beyond the concert hall when a programme is broadcast live?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
His comments shocked many people in the audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has also pledged to engage a younger audience and redesign the calendar to improve the product.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then there was an intervention from the most prominent member of the audience.
Paula Byrne PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson (2004)
So much for the most important audience at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Under such circumstances a military operation intended to convey a message to one audience may mean something quite different to another.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
The humour was mild, but the programme found an audience and ran for three series.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But the artist 's audience can feel similarly blessed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It still has to come down to telling the audience you've had as bad a day as them.
The Sun (2014)
To those who witnessed it, it must have looked more like an audience than a meeting of managerial minds.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If you concede you are not about to become Prime Minister then the audience wonders why it needs to listen.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In other languages
audience
British English: audience /ˈɔːdɪəns/ NOUN
The audience is all the people who are watching or listening to a play, concert, film, or programme.
The entire audience applauded loudly.
American English: audience
Arabic: جُمْهُور
Brazilian Portuguese: audiência
Chinese: 受众
Croatian: publika
Czech: publikum
Danish: publikum
Dutch: publiek
European Spanish: audiencia
Finnish: yleisö kuuntelijat tai katselijat
French: public audience
German: Publikum
Greek: ακροατήριο
Italian: pubblico
Japanese: 聴衆
Korean: 청중
Norwegian: publikum
Polish: publiczność
European Portuguese: audiência
Romanian: public
Russian: аудитория
Latin American Spanish: audiencia
Swedish: publik
Thai: ผู้ชม
Turkish: seyirci- dinleyici
Ukrainian: аудиторія
Vietnamese: khán giả
All related terms of 'audience'
huge audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
mass audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
audience appeal
the quality of being attractive to an audience
audience rating
a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
audience share
the percentage of households viewing or listening to a particular television or radio station during a specific period of time
broad audience
The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
global audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
large audience
The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
loyal audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
modern audience
The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
packed audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
radio audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
studio audience
A studio audience is a group of people who are in a television or radio studio watching while a programme is being made, so that their clapping , laughter , or questions are recorded on the programme.
target audience
the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
weekly audience
If you have an audience with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.
young audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
audience chamber
a room where a monarch or head of state conducts formal interviews
audience figures
the number of people regularly watching a television programme or listening to a radio programme
audience reaction
Your reaction to something that has happened or something that you have experienced is what you feel, say , or do because of it.
audience research
research into the make-up and habits of the audience of a particular television or radio programme or network
average audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
capacity audience
a situation when the maximum number of people possible are watching an event
captive audience
a group of people who are unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements , etc
intended audience
The audience of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
potential audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
viewing audience
the audience reached by television
appreciative audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
audience participation
the active involvement of an audience in a live show or broadcast
draw an audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
grant an audience
If you have an audience with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.
mainstream audience
The audience for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
shock the audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
stun the audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
address the audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
deserve an audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
engage the audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
entertain an audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
thrill the audience
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
invite the audience to
The audience at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
please audiences
The audience at a play, concert , film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
Chinese translation of 'audience'
audience
(ˈɔːdɪəns)
n(c)
(in theatre) 观(觀)众(眾) (guānzhòng) (位, wèi)
(Rad, TV) 听(聽)众(眾) (tīngzhòng) (位, wèi)
(= public) 读(讀)者 (dúzhě) (位, wèi)
(= interview) (with Queen, Pope etc) 接见(見) (jiējiàn)
1 (noun)
Definition
a group of spectators or listeners at a concert or play
The entire audience broke into loud applause.
Synonyms
spectators
company
He was a notable young actor in a company of rising stars.
house
They played in front of a packed house.
crowd
When the song finished, the crowd went wild.
gathering
He spoke today before a large gathering of world leaders.
gallery
assembly
She waited until quiet settled on the assembly.
viewers
listeners
patrons
congregation
Most members of the congregation arrive a few minutes before the service.
turnout
It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.
onlookers
throng
An official pushed through the throng.
assemblage
a chaotic assemblage of drifters and ruffians
2 (noun)
Definition
the people reached by a book, film, or radio or television programme
She began to find a receptive audience for her work.
Synonyms
public
She won't do anything that makes her look bad to her public.
market
following
Rugby League enjoys a huge following.
fans
devotees
fanbase
aficionados
3 (noun)
Definition
a formal interview
The Prime Minister will seek an audience with the Queen today.
Synonyms
interview
There'll be an interview with the Chancellor after the break.
meeting
hearing
a means of giving a candidate a fair hearing
exchange
reception
consultation
A personal diet plan is devised after a consultation with a nutritionist.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of assemblage
Definition
a collection or group of things
a chaotic assemblage of drifters and ruffians
Synonyms
group,
company,
meeting,
body,
crowd,
collection,
mass,
gathering,
rally,
assembly,
flock,
congregation,
accumulation,
multitude,
throng,
hui (New Zealand),
conclave,
aggregation,
convocation (formal),
runanga (New Zealand)
in the sense of assembly
Definition
a number of people gathered together for a meeting
She waited until quiet settled on the assembly.
Synonyms
gathering,
group,
meeting,
body,
council,
conference,
crowd,
congress,
audience,
collection,
mass,
diet,
rally,
convention,
flock,
company,
house,
congregation,
accumulation,
multitude,
throng,
synod,
hui (New Zealand),
assemblage,
conclave,
aggregation,
convocation (formal),
jamaat,
runanga (New Zealand)
in the sense of company
Definition
a number of people gathered together
He was a notable young actor in a company of rising stars.