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Definitions for: Audience
[n] a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
[n] a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
[n] 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"
[n] an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"
Webster (1913) Definition: Au"di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See Audible, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
According to the fair play of the world, Let me have
audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
In general (or open) audience, publicly.
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
Synonyms: consultation, hearing, interview
See Also: assemblage, attender, auditor, chance, conference, gallery, gathering, group discussion, hearer, hoi polloi, house, listener, mass, masses, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, multitude, opportunity, people, playgoer, populace, public, readership, theatergoer, theatregoer, TV audience, viewers, viewing audience, world
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