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audience

au·di·ence [ áwdee ənss ] (plural au·di·ences)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. people watching performance: a group of people assembled to watch and listen to a show, concert, movie, or speech

2. people watching or listening to broadcast: the viewers of a movie or a television program, or the listeners to a radio program

3. author's readership: the people who read a writer's books

4. formal interview: a formal, usually prearranged, interview with somebody important

[14th century. Via French< Latin audientia "a hearing" < audire "hear"]
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