NOUN | group | audience | a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance |
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group | audience | the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment | |
state | audience, hearing | an opportunity to state your case and be heard | |
communication | audience, consultation, interview | a conference (usually with someone important) |
Sounds | aa'diyahns; ao'diyahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance. | |
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Members | hearer, listener, auditor, attender | someone who listens attentively |
moviegoer, motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies | |
playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer | someone who attends the theater | |
Narrower | gallery | spectators at a golf or tennis match |
grandstand | The audience at a stadium or racetrack | |
house | The audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema | |
Broader | gathering, assemblage | A group of persons together in one place |
Spanish | audiencia, público | |
Catalan | audiència, públic |
Meaning | The part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment. | |
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Member of | populace, public, world | People in general considered as a whole |
Narrower | readership | The audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) |
viewing audience, TV audience, viewers | The audience reached by television | |
Broader | multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed | The common people generally |
Spanish | audiencia | |
Catalan | audiència |
Meaning | An opportunity to state your case and be heard. | |
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Example | "he saw that he had lost his audience" | |
Synonym | hearing | |
Broader | opportunity, chance | A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances |
Spanish | audiencia, vista | |
Catalan | audiència, vista |
Meaning | A conference (usually with someone important). | |
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Example | "he requested an audience with the king" | |
Synonyms | consultation, interview | |
Broader | conference, group discussion | A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
Spanish | audiencia, consulta, entrevista | |
Catalan | audiència, consulta, entrevista |
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