audience -
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
audience -
the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"
audience -
A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening to a performance, speech etc. ; the crowd seeing a stage performance.
An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called the "reader"), theatre, music or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception. Media audiences are studied by academics in media audience studies.
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audience A group of people present at a performance.
audience A formal interview with a sovereign, high officer of government, or other high-ranking person.