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audience
English
Etymology
From Middle English audience, from Middle French audience, from Old French audience, from Latin audientia, from present participle audiens (“hearing”), from verb audio (“I hear”). Doublet of audiencia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???di.?ns/
Noun
audience (plural audiences)
- A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc. [from 15th c.]
- We joined the audience just as the lights went down.
- (now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. [from 14th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke VII:
- When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke VII:
- 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. [from 16th c.]
- The readership of a book or other written publication. [from 19th c.]
- A following. [from 20th c.]
- (historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
Usage notes
- In some dialects, audience is used as a plurale tantum.
- The audience are getting restless.
Synonyms
- hearership, listenership
- (large gathering of people watching a performance): spectators, crowd
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- audience on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Audience (meeting) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Old French audience, borrowed from Latin audientia, from present participle audiens (“hearing”), from verb audio (“I hear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.dj??s/
Noun
audience f (plural audiences)
- audience, viewer
Synonyms
- attention
- entretien
- séance
Derived terms
- salle d'audience
Related terms
- audimat
- audimètre
- auditeur, auditrice
- audition
- auditoire
Further reading
- “audience” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English audience, from Latin audientia, derived from audi?ns, present active participle of audi? (“I hear, listen to”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.djens/
- Hyphenation: au?dience
Noun
audience f (uncountable)
- audience (widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public)
Related terms
- udienza
audience From the web:
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listens
English
Verb
listens
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of listen
Anagrams
- enlists, silents, tinless, tinsels
Swedish
Noun
listens
- definite genitive singular of list
Anagrams
- stilens
listens From the web:
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