audience

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noun

1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance (Freq. 60)
- the audience applauded
- someone in the audience began to cough
• Hypernyms:
gathering, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
gallery, grandstand, house
• Member Meronyms:
hearer, listener, auditor, attender, moviegoer,
motion-picture fan, playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer
2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment (Freq. 9)
- every artist needs an audience
- the broadcast reached an audience of millions
• Hypernyms:
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
• Hyponyms:
readership, viewing audience, TV audience, viewers
• Member Holonyms:
populace, public, world
3. an opportunity to state your case and be heard
- they condemned him without a hearing
- he saw that he had lost his audience
• Syn:
hearing
• Hypernyms:
opportunity, chance
4. a conference (usually with someone important)
- he had a consultation with the judge
- he requested an audience with the king
• Syn:
consultation, interview
• Derivationally related forms:
consult (for: consultation)
• Hypernyms:
conference, group discussion

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  consultation, interview, hearing