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# auditorium

«auditorium» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large room or building where an audience sits to watch…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an auditorium, auditoriums or auditoria)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large room or building where an audience sits to watch a play, concert or talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#m1)

2) The part of a theatre where the audience sits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In schools, assemblies, concerts and plays are held in the auditorium or school hall. In maths, auditorium seats come in rows: 20 rows of 30 seats = 600 seats. Phrases: school auditorium, a packed auditorium.

### examples

- The play was in the school auditorium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x1)
- The auditorium was packed for the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x2)
- The auditorium has 25 rows with 40 seats each, so 1,000 seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x3)
- We sat at the back of the auditorium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x4)
- Please be quiet when you enter the auditorium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x5)
- The auditorium lights dimmed and the show began. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auditorium/#x6)

### note

Plural auditoriums (common) or auditoria (formal). UK schools often say «hall» instead. In maths, seat problems: rows × seats in a row.

### Trees and pragmatics

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