Audience

n. group of people gathered to see or hear (performance, concert, etc.); viewers; interview

An audience is a group of people who participate in an experience or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music or academics in any medium. Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some events invite overt audience participation and others allowing only modest clapping and criticism and reception.
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Noun
1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) gallery
(member-meronym) hearer, listener, auditor, attender
2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions"
(hypernym) multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people
(hyponym) readership
(member-holonym) populace, public, world
3. an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"
(synonym) hearing
(hypernym) opportunity, chance
4. a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
(synonym) consultation, interview
(hypernym) conference, group discussion

n. audience, house

n. audience, group of people gathered to see or hear (performance, concert, etc.)