audiences
SayAW-dee-uhns-izUS/ˈɔ.di.əns.ɪz/UK/ˈɔː.di.əns.ɪz/
- 1Plural of audience.
Streaming services compete for audiences across dozens of countries.
Different audiences respond to the same joke in very different ways.
Note
Not every meaning of audience can be counted, and the plural shows which ones can. Gatherings of listeners, broadcast publics, readerships and followings all multiply easily. So does the formal meeting with a dignitary: an envoy may be granted several audiences over a single visit. The archaic sense of hearing, a state of listening rather than a group or an event, has no natural plural.
audiences is a form of audience
audience, noun: A group of people gathered to listen to or watch a performance, speech, or similar event. Full entry
- Forms
- audienceaudiences plural
- Spelling
- audience → audiences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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