audience
noun
au·di·ence
ˈȯ-dē-ən(t)s 
ˈä-
1
a
: a group of listeners or spectators
The concert attracted a large audience.
b
: a reading, viewing, or listening public
The film is intended for a young audience.
2
: a group of ardent admirers or devotees
has developed an enthusiastic audience for his ideas
3
a
: a formal hearing or interview
an audience with the pope
b
: an opportunity of being heard
4
: the act or state of hearing
Give me audience and heed what I say.
Examples of audience in a Sentence
The concert attracted a large audience.
The audience clapped and cheered.
Her audience is made up mostly of young women.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The number of outlets that invest in both their writers and their audience is slim and thinning.
—Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
The retailer expects to build audiences for these events, which are designed and created by Macy’s Studios.
—David Moin, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
Hill is a deeply empathetic actor and his character pulls the audience through this story by the hand, revealing a now-struggling Solomon and an unstable family trapped in the deepest form of denial.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for audience
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“Audience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audience. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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audience
noun
au·di·ence
ˈȯd-ē-ən(t)s
1
: a group that listens or watches (as at a play or concert)
2
: an interview with a person of high rank
3
: those of the general public who give attention to something said, done, or written
books with an audience of millions
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