Audience Definition

ôdē-əns
audiences
noun
audiences
A group of viewers or listeners of a work of art or entertainment, especially those present at a performance.
American Heritage
The act or state of hearing.
Webster's New World
The readership for printed matter, as for a book.
American Heritage
A group of persons assembled to hear and see a speaker, a play, a concert, etc.
Webster's New World
A group of people who follow or admire an artist or performer.
The tenor expanded his audience by recording popular songs as well as opera.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • performers

Other Word Forms of Audience

Noun

Singular:
audience
Plural:
audiences

Origin of Audience

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin audientia from audiēns audient- present participle of audīre to hear au- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiens "hearing", from verb audio, "I hear".

    From Wiktionary

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