audience
- noun1 group of people watching/listening to sthADJECTIVE▪ big, capacity, large, mass, packed, vast▪ broad, diverse, wide▪
The museum is trying to attract a wider audience.
▪ select, small▪ appreciative, enthusiastic, receptive, sympathetic▪ hostile▪ captive▪ general, lay, mainstream▪Most movies are designed to appeal to a mainstream audience.
▪ core▪His core audience is over the age of 35.
▪ intended, potential, target, targeted▪ listening, viewing▪ cinema (BrE), live, movie (esp. AmE), radio, studio, television, TV▪ international, Western, worldwide▪These artists remain relatively unknown to Western audiences.
VERB + AUDIENCE▪ address, perform to, play to▪He prefers playing to live audiences.
▪ regale▪She regales her audience with funny stories.
▪ attract, draw, pull in▪Such a well-known politician should draw a big audience.
▪ reach▪We want to reach a younger target audience.
▪ captivate, delight, engage, grip, thrill, wow (informal)▪The movie has thrilled audiences throughout the country.
▪ move▪The audience was visibly moved.
▪ educate, inform▪ convince, persuade▪He was trying to convince his audience of his seriousness.
▪ alienate▪Some scenes in the movie risk alienating a female audience.
AUDIENCE + VERB▪ applaud, cheer, clap▪The audience cheered loudly.
▪ boo, jeer▪ laugh, roar▪The audience roared with laughter.
▪ gasp▪ react, respondAUDIENCE + NOUN▪ participation▪ memberPREPOSITION▪ before an/the audience, in front of an/the audience▪He felt nervous standing up in front of the large audience.
2 formal meeting with a very important personADJECTIVE▪ privateVERB + AUDIENCE▪ have▪ ask for, request, seek▪ give sb, grant sb▪The Pope granted him an audience.
PREPOSITION▪ audience with▪She sought a private audience with the Japanese emperor.
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audience — [ odjɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1160 « action d écouter »; lat. audientia, de audire « entendre » 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Action de bien vouloir écouter qqn. ⇒ attention. « Je vous demande un moment d audience » (Molière). Par ext. Intérêt porté à qqch. par le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
audience — AUDIENCE. s. fém. Attention qne l on donne à celui qui parle. Parlez, vous aurez audience. Prêtez moi audience. Donnez moi un moment d audience. Une audience favorable. En ce sens, il se dit plus particulièrement en parlant des Princes, des… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
audience — AUDIENCE. s. f. Attention que l on donne à celuy qui parle. Parlez, vous aurez audience. prestez moy audience. une audience favorable. cela merite vostre audience, est digne de vostre audience. Il se dit plus particulierement en parlant des… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
audience — au‧di‧ence [ˈɔːdiəns ǁ ˈɒː , ˈɑː ] noun [countable] the number or kind of people who watch or listen to something that is broadcast on radio or television, or listen to a particular type of music: • The ad was broadcast on all major channels,… … Financial and business terms
audience — Audience, Audientia. Donner audience, Fauere linguis. B. Donner audience à aucun, Le laisser parler, Orationem alicui dare, Inducere causam, vel cognitionem. B. ex Plinio iuniore. Donner audience, Prester l oreille, Dare aures suas alicui. Donner … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
audience — late 14c., the action of hearing, from O.Fr. audience, from L. audentia a hearing, listening, from audientum (nom. audiens), prp. of audire to hear, from PIE compound *au dh to perceive physically, grasp, from root *au to perceive (Cf. Gk.… … Etymology dictionary
audience — [n1] group observing an entertainment or sporting event admirers, assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, devotees, fans, following, gallery, gathering, hearers, house, listeners, market, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, public,… … New thesaurus
audience — index assemblage, bystander, collection (assembly), confrontation (act of setting face to face), congregation, interview, session … Law dictionary
audience — / ɔ:djəns/, it. / ɔdjens/ s. ingl. [dal lat. audientia ], usato in ital. al femm., invar. (massm.) 1. [insieme di chi assiste a una trasmissione radiotelevisiva] ▶◀ ascoltatori, pubblico, (non com.) udienza. 2. (estens.) [dato percentuale… … Enciclopedia Italiana
