0 the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc.: --
Her latest book should appeal to a large audience (= many people will want to read it).
The television company has lost a large part of its audience since it changed its programming.
The magic show had a lot of audience participation, with people shouting things to the performers and going up on stage.
The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance.
The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.
1 a formal meeting that you have with an important person: --
2 the people, considered as a group, who watch or listen to a performance, movie, public event, etc., either together in one place or separately: --
3 the people who watch a particular television programme or film, read a particular book, etc.: --
Channel 9 has seen its audience share decline over the last 12 months.
audience for sth The intended audience for the book are lawyers and students.
a large/wide/mass audience The film will attract a wide audience.
target/address an audience Advertisers use these strategies to target specific audiences.
to attract/reach/engage an audience The internet enables you to reach a global audience.
I am indebted to the audiences for valuable comments and criticisms.
Because sign languages have no standard written form, it can be difficult to make sign language data accessible to sign-naive audiences in written form.
In this session, speakers will share experience and techniques that have proven successful in addressing multidisciplinary audiences.
Legal rhetors would do well to give their audiences tasks to prime responses rather than to just tell them an answer.
In order to secure these potentially lucrative contracts, newspapers had to promise access to audiences interested in the empire.
Commemorations reflect and accommodate the iconic character of war in the twentieth century, and that is what gives them their audiences and footing.
Before the 1830s, consuls acquired distinctions by the multiplication of contacts outside of the setting of court ceremonies and public audiences.
Agenda-setting scholars have provided us with a body of evidence for media's capacity to raise issue prominence in the audience's minds.
