You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 22.

Eat A Peach Day

Today’s word is audience, spelled a-u-d-i-e-n-c-e.

audience /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ ●●● noun

[countable] the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc.

She lectures to audiences all over the world.

The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side.

The audience was/were clearly delighted with the performance.

The magic show had a lot of audience participation, with people shouting things to the performers and going up on stage.

The concert attracted a large audience.

The audience clapped and cheered.

Her audience is made up mostly of young women.

[countable] a formal meeting with a very important person

He was granted an audience with the Pope.

target audience (=the type of people that a program, advertisement etc is supposed to attract)

Pre-school children are the target audience for the show.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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