audience

  • 1Audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2audience — Au di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See {Audible}, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. [1913 Webster] Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Admittance to a hearing; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3AUDIENCE — s. f. Attention que l on donne à celui qui parle. Parlez, vous aurez audience. Donnez moi un moment d audience. Prêtez moi audience. Une audience favorable. Ces deux dernières phrases vieillissent.  Il se dit plus particulièrement en parlant Des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 4AUDIENCE — n. f. Attention que l’on donne à celui qui parle. Parlez, vous aurez audience. Donnez moi un moment d’audience. Prêtez moi audience. Une audience favorable. Ces deux dernières phrases vieillissent. Il se dit plus particulièrement en parlant des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 5Audience — An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt… …

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  • 6Audience — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Audience », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) D une manière générale, une audience est l… …

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  • 7audience — /aw dee euhns/, n. 1. the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker s opinion. 2. the persons reached by a book, radio or… …

    Universalium

  • 8audience — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9audience — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin audientia, from audient , audiens, present participle of audire Date: 14th century 1. the act or state of hearing 2. a. a formal hearing or interview < an audience with the po …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10audience — noun /ˈɔːdiəns/ a) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening. When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum. b) A group of people within hearing; specifically a group of people listening&#8230; …

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