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Antonyms for audiences

Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-dee-uh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ di əns

Definition of audiences

Origin :
  • late 14c., "the action of hearing," from Old French audience, from Latin audentia "a hearing, listening," from audientum (nominative audiens), present participle of audire "to hear," from PIE compound *au-dh- "to perceive physically, grasp," from root *au- "to perceive" (cf. Greek aisthanesthai "to feel;" Sanskrit avih, Avestan avish "openly, evidently;" Old Church Slavonic javiti "to reveal"). Meaning "formal hearing or reception" is from late 14c.; that of "persons within hearing range, assembly of listeners" is from early 15c. (French audience retains only the older senses). Sense transferred 1855 to "readers of a book." Audience-participation (adj.) first recorded 1940.
  • noun group observing an entertainment or sporting event
  • noun hearing
Example sentences :
  • We hear of no more disturbances; the fact was that the audiences were too thin to be noisy.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • Their audiences were no better, and therefore were satisfied with what they brought.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • It is one of the penalties of Protestantism that the audiences, after a while, outgrow the preacher.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • "Audiences don't think—at least, not in England," said Bennett.
  • Extract from : « A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy » by George Sampson
  • It had, he felt, made a difference, not only in the size but the responsiveness of his audiences.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • When there was time all three spoke, much to the satisfaction of their audiences.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • On the 18th and 25th she lectured to crowded houses there and captured her audiences.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • As a public reader, Miss Brown delights and enthuses her audiences.
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • Such are his relaxations after the long round of audiences and hours of other work.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • There were days when the young de Gery issued from these audiences nauseated.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

Synonyms for audiences

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