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noun group of people watching/listening to sth ADJ. big, capacity, large, mass, packed, vast, wide The museum is trying to attract a wider audience. | select, small | appreciative, enthusiastic, receptive, sympathetic | hostile | captive | potential, target | cinema, live, radio, studio, television VERB + AUDIENCE address, perform to, play to He prefers playing to live audiences. | attract, draw, pull in Such a well-known politician should draw a big audience. | reach We want to reach a target audience that's younger in age. | captivate, grip, thrill The film has thrilled audiences throughout the country. | move The audience was visibly moved. AUDIENCE + VERB applaud, cheer The audience cheered loudly. | boo, jeer | laugh AUDIENCE + NOUN participation PREP. before/in front of an/the ~ He felt nervous standing up in front of the large audience. formal meeting with a very important person ADJ. private VERB + AUDIENCE have | ask for, request, seek | give sb, grant sb The Pope granted him an audience. PREP. ~ with He sought a private audience with the Queen.
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audience
verbs
perform/play to an audience
• The band played to huge audiences in Mexico City and Buenos Aires.
an audience laughs
• He has the ability to make an audience laugh.
an audience claps
• Most of the audience clapped but a few people jeered.
an audience cheers
• The audience cheered loudly when he came on stage.
the audience boos
• She swore at the audience and they began to boo her.
adjectives
a capacity/packed audience
(= the largest number of people who can fit into a hall, theatre etc )
• The lecture attracted a capacity audience.
an enthusiastic audience
• They drew enthusiastic audiences at Europe's biggest rock festival.
NOUN + audience
stadium audiences
• Celine Dion's tour continues to play to sold-out stadium audiences across Europe.
audience 2
verbs
have an audience
• The programme has a massive audience, ranging from children to grandparents.
attract an audience
(= make people want to watch )
• The first show attracted a television audience of more than 2 million.
reach an audience
• For an advertiser who wants to reach a large audience, television news easily surpasses other news media.
appeal to an audience
(= be interesting to them )
• They brought new fashions into their designs to appeal to a wider audience.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + audience
a large/huge etc audience
• Messages posted on the Internet can attract a huge audience.
a wide audience
• an author who commands a wide audience
a worldwide audience
• The game has an ever-increasing worldwide audience.
a young/teenage audience
• a magazine with a young audience
an older audience
• The programme mainly appeals to an older audience.
a mass audience
(= a very large number of people )
• Radio brought entertainment to a mass audience.
a television audience
(= all the people who watch or listen to a particular programme )
• Nearly half the UK television audience watched the programme last Tuesday.
the target audience
(= the type of people a programme etc aims to attract )
• The target audience is mostly men aged 28 to 35.
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