audience

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Synonyms: adience, ambience, audient, abience, vidience, audiences, audiencia, audierne

Antonyms: adience, ambience, audient, abience, vidience, audiences, audiencia, audierne

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Noun

1. A [[group]] of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a [[performance]], [[speech]], etc. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} [[hearing|Hearing]]; the condition or state of hearing or listening. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
3. A [[widespread]] or [[nationwide]] viewing or listening [[public]], as of a [[television|TV]] or [[radio]] [[network]] or [[program]].
4. {{senseid|en|meeting}} A [[formal]] meeting with a [[state]] or [[religious]] [[dignitary]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
5. The [[readership]] of a [[book]] or other [[written]] [[publication]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
6. A [[following]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|historical}} An [[audiencia]] (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the [[territory]] administered by it.

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