(audience etc)

  • 1audience — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… …

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  • 2audience — [ odjɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1160 « action d écouter »; lat. audientia, de audire « entendre » 1 ♦ Vx ou littér. Action de bien vouloir écouter qqn. ⇒ attention. « Je vous demande un moment d audience » (Molière). Par ext. Intérêt porté à qqch. par le… …

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  • 3audience — au‧di‧ence [ˈɔːdiəns ǁ ˈɒː , ˈɑː ] noun [countable] the number or kind of people who watch or listen to something that is broadcast on radio or television, or listen to a particular type of music: • The ad was broadcast on all major channels,… …

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  • 4Audience theory — is an element of thinking that developed within academic literary theory and cultural studies. With a specific focus on rhetoric, some, such as Walter Ong, have suggested that the audience is a construct made up by the rhetoric and the rhetorical …

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  • 5Audience risers — are elevated platforms for people. The origin of the audience riser can be dated back to original amphitheaters.Differences from BleachersAudience risers are different from bleachers in that the seats for bleachers are integrated into the… …

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  • 6Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd. (Amap) — Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd. (Amap)BackgroundAudience Measurement and Analytics Ltd., also known as Amap, began in 2004 on the basis of its research in India, which showed that a significant number of opinion leaders felt that the… …

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  • 7audience research — ➔ research * * * audience research UK US noun [U] MARKETING ► the study of people who watch a particular television programme or film, read a particular book, etc.: »The channel carries out its own audience research. »Our audience research showed …

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  • 8audience participation — noun Involvement by members of the audience in a theatrical performance, television or radio programme, etc esp by direct appeals to them from performers • • • Main Entry: ↑audience …

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  • 9audience — [ô′dē əns] n. [ME & OFr < L audientia, a hearing, listening < audiens, prp. of audire, to hear < IE * awiz dh io < base * awis , to perceive physically, grasp > AESTHETE] 1. Obs. the act or state of hearing 2. a group of persons… …

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  • 10audience */*/*/ — UK [ˈɔːdɪəns] / US [ˈɔdɪəns] noun [countable] Word forms audience : singular audience plural audiences 1) a group of people who have come to a place to see or hear a film, performance, speech etc. The people who watch a sports match or other… …

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