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audience

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɔːdiəns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɔdiəns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ô′dē əns)

Collocations for "audience"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "audience" in context.

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audience

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [huge, intimidating, loud, knowledgeable, capacity] audience
  2. a live (studio) audience
  3. a [television, satellite, radio, worldwide, national] audience
  4. have a captive audience at the [airport, stadium, fair]
  5. [made for, designed for, sold to] the target audience
  6. was (not) the intended audience (for)
  7. you've been a great audience
  8. filmed [before, in front of] a live audience
  9. [performed, sang, floundered] in front of the audience
  10. in front of a [national, global, worldwide] audience
  11. the [singer, artist] [faced, greeted] her audience
  12. [asked, consulted] the audience for [help, advice]
  13. [consider, choose, know] your audience
  14. the audience [applauded, laughed, cheered, gave a standing ovation]
  15. half the audience [left, was asleep]
  16. was (sitting) in the audience (tonight)
  17. was a [member, part] of the audience (tonight)
  18. [choose, mention] a member of the audience
  19. an audience of [delegates, professionals, investors]
  20. an audience of [millions, over 100]
  21. was almost no audience at all
  22. piqued the audience's [interest, attention]
  23. kept the audience [riveted, entertained, wanting more]
  24. a private audience with the [Pope, president, leader]
n as adj
  1. audience [ratings, viewing figures, share]
  2. the audience members [applauded, left, laughed]
  3. in the audience [hall, chamber]
  4. depends on audience participation
'audience' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aim - attend - average - bow - calm - describe - floor - moon - present - quiet - tease - before - edge - eye - foot - joke - knife - laugh - core - volunteer - someone - praise - target - confident - excited - wild - wide - nervous - live - lay - trick - chuckle - clap - clown - compliment - curve - delight - dismay - encore - engagement - enjoyment - laughter - male - mumble - mutter - reaction - rehearsal - ripple - selection - shout

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