audience

Universal Words noun 1 [C+sing./pl.v.] the group of people who have gathered to watch or listen to sth (a play, concert, sb speaking, etc.): The audience was / were clapping for 10 minutes. * an audience of 10000 * The debate was televised in front of a live audience. 2 [C] a number of people or a particular group of people who watch, read or listen to the same thing: An audience of millions watched the wedding on TV. * TV / cinema / movie audiences * His book reached an even wider audience when it was made into a movie. * The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers. 3 [C] a formal meeting with an important person: an audience with the Pope