audience
/ˈɔ.di.əns/ noun A2- A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. · We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
- A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. · She managed to get an audience with the Pope.
- The readership of a book or other written publication.
- A following. · The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.
- An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
Plural audiences
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Smiling, blushing, limpid eyed, Anne tripped back and gave a quaint, funny little selection that captivated her audience still further.
But suddenly, as her dilated, frightened eyes gazed out over the audience, she saw Gilbert Blythe away at the back of the room, bending forward with a smile on his face--a smile which seemed to Anne at once triumphant and taunting.
And we are all to march in two by two after the audience is seated, while Emma White plays a march on the organ.
“Then ring at his door, if you please, and request him to be so kind as to give me an audience.”
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