audience

Meaning

1. A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
2. (archaic) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
3. A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
4. A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
5. The readership of a book or other written publication.
6. A following.
7. (historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.

Synonyms

interview

public

listener

meeting

spectators

hearer

spectator

hearing

attendance

assembly

listeners

crowd

hearers

consultation

onlookers

auditory

viewer

viewers

visitors

auditor

hearership

audition

auditors

congregation

containing

content

council

court

debut

floor

gallery

house

🏠

observer

onlooker

readership

witnesses

trial service

viewership

listenership

Translations

audience

audiencia

Publikum

pubblico

público

public

udienza

ακροατήριο

auditoire

público

audiència

publiek

Zuschauer

audiência

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔːdiəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: audience

In summary

From Middle English audience, from Middle French audience, from Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiēns (“hearing”), from verb audiō (“I hear”). Doublet of audiencia.

Sentences

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

Modern poi coexists with traditional Maori poi and enjoys a broader , worldwide audience .