1a. The spectators or listeners assembled at a performance, for example, or attracted by a radio or television program. b. The readership for printed matter, as for a book. 2. A body of adherents; a following: The tenor expanded his audience by recording popular songs as well as opera.3. A formal hearing, as with a religious or state dignitary. 4. An opportunity to be heard or to express one's views. 5. The act of hearing or attending.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin audientia, from audins, audient-, present participle of audre, to hear. See au- in Appendix I.
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