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# audience

«audience» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the group of people watching or listening to a show…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (audience, audiences)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An audience is the group of people watching or listening to a show, film, talk or game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#m1)

2) An audience is the people a book, programme or advert is meant for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils think about the audience of their writing: who will read it and what they need. In assemblies and school plays the audience claps. In media lessons adverts are made for a target audience. Phrases: in the audience, the audience clapped, target audience, live audience.

### examples

- Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x1)
- The audience clapped at the end of the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x2)
- My parents were in the audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x3)
- Who is the audience for your letter? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x4)
- The audience laughed at the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x5)
- This film is for a young audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x6)
- The singer waved to the audience. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x7)
- Be a good audience and sit quietly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x8)
- The audience was huge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x9)
- Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x10)

### note

Countable noun (audiences), but one audience means many people. It can take a singular or plural verb in British English: «the audience was/were clapping». Spelling: audi-ENCE. An audience watches; actors or players perform.

### In the corpora

- [The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/6/)
- [Some theatres are tiny rooms, and some plays are "in the round", with the audience on all sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/11/)
- [Cheating out means standing a little open to the audience so they can see your face, even while talking to another actor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/8/)
- [If you lose your place, staying calm and carrying on usually works, and school audiences are friendly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/11/)
- [When an actor forgets a line, making something up to keep the scene going is called improvising, and audiences usually forgive it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «audience» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.