Definitions for audience
ˈɔ di ənsau·di·ence

Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. audience(noun)

   a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

   "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"

2. audience(noun)

   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"

3. hearing, audience(noun)

   an opportunity to state your case and be heard

   "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

4. consultation, audience, interview(noun)

   a conference (usually with someone important)

   "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. audience(Noun)

   Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.

2. audience(Noun)

   A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc.; the crowd seeing a stage performance.

   We joined the audience just as the lights went down.

3. audience(Noun)

   A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.

   She managed to get an audience with the Pope.

4. audience(Noun)

   The readership of a book or other written publication.

   "Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.

5. audience(Noun)

   A following.

   The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Audience(adj)

   the act of hearing; attention to sounds

   Etymology: [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a.]

2. Audience(adj)

   admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business

   Etymology: [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a.]

3. Audience(adj)

   an auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers

   Etymology: [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a.]

Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Audience

   An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music, video games, or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception. Media audience studies have become a recognized part of the curriculum. Audience theory offers scholarly insight into audiences in general. These insights shape our knowledge of just how audiences affect and are affected by different forms of art. The biggest art form is the mass media. Films, video games, radio shows, software and other formats are affected by the audience and its reviews and recommendations. In the age of easy Internet participation and citizen journalism, professional creators share space, and sometimes attention, with the public. American journalist Jeff Jarvis has said, "Give the people control of media, they will use it. The corollary: Don't give the people control of media, and you will lose. Whenever citizens can exercise control, they will." Tom Curley, President of the Associated Press, similarly said, "The users are deciding what the point of their engagement will be — what application, what device, what time, what place."

CrunchBase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Audience

   Audience provides audio software and semiconductor systems. It offers sound processing systems for voice and telecommunications. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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1. audience

   Song lyrics by audience -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by audience on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'audience' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1891

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'audience' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2492

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'audience' in Nouns Frequency: #725

How to pronounce audience?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say audience in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of audience in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of audience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of audience in a Sentence

1. Paul Dergarabedian:

   As unpredictable and fickle as young adults are, so are the performances of films that target that audience.

2. James Cowan:

   Having a presence at an event such as Masterpiece allows us to build awareness and start relationships with an audience potentially in the market for a luxury car.

3. David Lynch:

   My role became a recurring character. The audience loved what I did. They laugh to this day.

4. Evelyn Yang:

   Everyone has their own MeToo story, it's far too prevalent. But not everyone can tell their story. Not everyone has the audience or platform to tell their story, and I actually feel like I'm in this very privileged position to be able to do that.

5. Paul. F. Meekin:

   What's important for me when I teach is to communicate 'to cook up' the visions, smells, tastes and sounds of the time with my young audience. Hopefully, I am imparting 'feeding them' what's important about that period of History. I want my students to taste a respect for the information 'the food' and to know about the cooks, the restaurants, and how the ingredients of time comes together to form a real banquet of History.

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