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# viewers

«viewers» in Mova's school dictionary: **people who watch television, a video or 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, plural of «viewer» (a viewer, viewers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Viewers are people who watch television, a video or a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#m1)

2) Viewers are also people who look at something, such as a painting or a view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#m2)

3) A viewer can also be a device or program for looking at pictures or files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, TV programmes and online videos talk about their viewers; numbers of viewers show how popular a show is. In media lessons, pupils learn that adverts try to persuade viewers. In maths, viewer numbers are used for bar charts and comparisons. Phrases: «TV viewers», «young viewers», «viewers at home».

### examples

- Millions of viewers watched the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x1)
- The show warned viewers about flashing lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x2)
- Young viewers loved the cartoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x3)
- The painting makes viewers feel calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x4)
- The channel had 4,000 viewers on Saturday and 2,500 on Sunday, so 6,500 in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x5)
- Adverts are made to persuade viewers to buy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viewers/#x6)

### note

Plural of the countable noun «viewer». Similar words: audience (a group), spectators (at a live event like a match), onlookers. In maths, «how many viewers in all» means add.

### In the corpora

- [Clever viewers ask three questions: is this what happened, or what someone thinks?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/52-elections-crime-the-weather-breaking-news-and-news-vs-opinion/2/)
- [Some fundraising scams use AI-made videos of animals or people that do not exist to get money from kind viewers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/6/)
- [Automatic captions guess words from sound and sometimes mishear, which matters a lot for deaf viewers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/9/)
- [TV talent shows are edited to be dramatic, so harsh comments and tears are often shown more because they get more viewers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/8/)
- [In 1957 the BBC showed a famous report of spaghetti «growing on trees» in Switzerland, and many viewers believed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/279-april-fools-and-magic-tricks/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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