<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the group of spectators at a public event; listeners or viewers collectively, as in attendance at a theater or concert: The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.</li><li>the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public: Some works of music have a wide and varied audience.</li><li>a regular public that manifests interest, support, enthusiasm, or the like; a following: Every art form has its audience.</li><li>opportunity to be heard; chance to speak to or before a person or group; a hearing.</li><li>a formal interview with a sovereign, high officer of government, or other high-ranking person: an audience with the pope.</li><li>the act of hearing, or attending to, words or sounds.</li></ul>