Audience
noun
A group of people who gather to listen, watch, or take part in something.
The concert had an audience of thousands.
Often appears as...
- captivate an audience
- interact with an audience
noun
People who watch or listen to a particular television or radio program, movie, or play.
The show has a large audience.
Often appears as...
- appeal to an audience
- attract an audience
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Media
noun
The readership for printed matter, like a book or magazine.
The book is meant for a young audience.
Often appears as...
- reach an audience
- write for an audience
noun
An official meeting with an important person.
The ambassador received an audience with the queen.
Often appears as...
- request an audience
- grant an audience
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Formal
noun
A group of people who gather to listen, watch, or take part in something.
The concert had an audience of thousands.
Often appears as...
- captivate an audience
- interact with an audience
noun
People who watch or listen to a particular television or radio program, movie, or play.
The show has a large audience.
Often appears as...
- appeal to an audience
- attract an audience
Usage tips
Media
noun
The readership for printed matter, like a book or magazine.
The book is meant for a young audience.
Often appears as...
- reach an audience
- write for an audience
noun
An official meeting with an important person.
The ambassador received an audience with the queen.
Often appears as...
- request an audience
- grant an audience
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Active Involvement
The audience can be participative, responding to the performance or speaker.
The comedian enjoyed the audience's laughter and engagement.
Pro Tip 2/2Live Presence
This audience physically attends the event, like a concert or play.
The theatre was filled with an excited audience.
Pro Tip 1/2Active Involvement
The audience can be participative, responding to the performance or speaker.
The comedian enjoyed the audience's laughter and engagement.
Pro Tip 2/2Live Presence
This audience physically attends the event, like a concert or play.
The theatre was filled with an excited audience.
Pro Tip 1/2Active Involvement
The audience can be participative, responding to the performance or speaker.
The comedian enjoyed the audience's laughter and engagement.
Pro Tip 2/2Live Presence
This audience physically attends the event, like a concert or play.
The theatre was filled with an excited audience.
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Expanding our definition...
Education not automatons based systems education and which ones ones which are generally responsive for the talents that people have and I'm delighted to say there are lots of countries in the world which are moving in that direction some like Finland have been doing it for a very long time so I think we have time for one question from the audience which is absurd but thankfully second is not
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Filming the Kung Fu...
but actually little creatures and insects and reptiles and amphibians are facing the same challenges that we do and i really like to try and convey that so that was the challenge of that sequence just to try and make our audience engage with that character and care for its life and i think we managed to do that a lot of the the techniques we use is
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Why Shakespeare loved...
rather than, say, trochaic hexameter or dactylic tetrameter? It's been said that iambic pentameter was easy for his actors to memorize and for the audience to understand because it's naturally suited to the English language. But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation,
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How to use rhetoric to...
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. In both cases, the speaker's present their audience with a possible future and try to enlist their help in avoiding or achieving it. But what makes for good deliberative rhetoric, besides the future tense?
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The physics of the...
friction between her pointe shoe and the floor, and somewhat between her body and the air, reduces her momentum. So how does she keep turning? Between each turn, the dancer pauses for a split second and faces the audience. Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe,
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Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
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Your body language may...
If you use them poorly, bad idea. Right? So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves. We are also influenced by our nonverbals,
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Margaret Stewart: How...
So, if you're in the audience today, or maybe you're watching this talk in some other time or place, you are a participant in the digital rights ecosystem. Whether you're an artist, a technologist, a lawyer or a fan, the handling of copyright directly impacts your life.
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Why is this painting so...
The line between the ceiling and the wall converges to the open door, further creating the perception of the painting as a physical space seen from the viewer's perspective. In this sense, the audience and the real world are the focus,
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A Fun, Animated History...
i cannot and i will not regret what i have said i cannot act against my conscience luther says not many in the audience have heard the word conscience before but they are in
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Expanding our definition...
Education not automatons based systems education and which ones ones which are generally responsive for the talents that people have and I'm delighted to say there are lots of countries in the world which are moving in that direction some like Finland have been doing it for a very long time so I think we have time for one question from the audience which is absurd but thankfully second is not
Video examples
Filming the Kung Fu...
but actually little creatures and insects and reptiles and amphibians are facing the same challenges that we do and i really like to try and convey that so that was the challenge of that sequence just to try and make our audience engage with that character and care for its life and i think we managed to do that a lot of the the techniques we use is
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
rather than, say, trochaic hexameter or dactylic tetrameter? It's been said that iambic pentameter was easy for his actors to memorize and for the audience to understand because it's naturally suited to the English language. But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation,
Video examples
How to use rhetoric to...
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. In both cases, the speaker's present their audience with a possible future and try to enlist their help in avoiding or achieving it. But what makes for good deliberative rhetoric, besides the future tense?
Video examples
The physics of the...
friction between her pointe shoe and the floor, and somewhat between her body and the air, reduces her momentum. So how does she keep turning? Between each turn, the dancer pauses for a split second and faces the audience. Her supporting foot flattens, and then twists as it rises back onto pointe,
Video examples
Everything you need to...
and helped the rhapsode keep their place in the narrative, just as the chorus or bridge of a song helps us to remember the next verses. Because most of the tales were familiar to the audience, it was common to hear the sections of the poem out of order. At some point, the order became set in stone
Video examples
Your body language may...
If you use them poorly, bad idea. Right? So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves. We are also influenced by our nonverbals,
Video examples
Margaret Stewart: How...
So, if you're in the audience today, or maybe you're watching this talk in some other time or place, you are a participant in the digital rights ecosystem. Whether you're an artist, a technologist, a lawyer or a fan, the handling of copyright directly impacts your life.
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
The line between the ceiling and the wall converges to the open door, further creating the perception of the painting as a physical space seen from the viewer's perspective. In this sense, the audience and the real world are the focus,
Video examples
A Fun, Animated History...
i cannot and i will not regret what i have said i cannot act against my conscience luther says not many in the audience have heard the word conscience before but they are in
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Jackie Chan
Chinese Actor
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
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Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.
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Jacqueline Fernandez
Actress
The most important thing is that you don't bore the audience.
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Jason Reitman
Canadian Director
I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.
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Lady Gaga
American Singer
What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Jackie Chan
Chinese Actor
I like to change characters and then, slowly I believe the audience treat me as, like an actor who can fight. It's not like an action star.
Quote examples
Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
When a family film is done well, there's a character that every member of the audience can relate to. I want to be one of those guys.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.
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Anthony Quinn
Mexican Actor
On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.
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Jacqueline Fernandez
Actress
The most important thing is that you don't bore the audience.
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Jason Reitman
Canadian Director
I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.
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