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# audience

noun (audience, audiences)

«audience» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An audience is the group of people watching or listening to a show, film, talk or game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#m1)
2. An audience is the people a book, programme or advert is meant for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#m2)

### 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

- The audience clapped at the end of the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x1)
- My parents were in the audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x2)
- Who is the audience for your letter? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x3)
- The audience laughed at the joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x4)
- This film is for a young audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x5)
- The singer waved to the audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x6)
- Be a good audience and sit quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x7)
- The audience was huge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x8)
- Before starting your performance, salute your audience!” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/#x9)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «audience» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/audience/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«audience» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/audience.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «audience» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/audience/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«audience» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/audience.html) on Mova free.