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		|  audience 
  
 
 see also CINEMA, THEATRE
 - a group of people who are watching and listening to a play, film or concert: audience (with singular or plural verb)
 The audience was/were getting bored. ◎ a large and enthusiastic audience
 - the part of a theatre, cinema, etc where the audience sit: auditorium
 - in a theatre, cinema, etc, each member of the audience has a seat
 Did you manage to get a good seat?
 - a person who goes regularly to the theatre: theatregoer (AmE theatergoer)
 - a person who goes regularly to the cinema: cinema-goer (AmE movie-goer)
 - a person who goes regularly to concerts: concert-goer
 - all the people who watch a television programme or listen to the radio: audience (with singular or plural verb)
 He reached an audience of millions. ◎ Audience figures have been very high.
 - a person who listens to the radio: listener
 - a person who watches the television: viewer
 ※ more on television and radio TELEVISION/RADIO
 - a person who watches sport: spectator
 - all the people who watch a sports event, for example a football match: crowd (with singular or plural verb)
 There was a crowd of ten thousand at last night's match.
 - a large sports ground with rows of seats around it: stadium
 - a part of the stadium where people sit and watch sport: stand
 How much is a seat in the stands?
 ※ more on sport SPORT
 ※ liking or not liking a performance
 - to hit your hands together to show that you like sth: clap (sb/sth), give* (sb/sth) a clap, applaud (sb/sth)
 They clapped politely when he had finished speaking. ◎ The players were applauded as they left the field.
 - the noise that people make when they clap: clapping (noun U), applause (noun U)
 The applause went on for several minutes.
 - a period of clapping: round of applause
 There was another round of applause.
 - when people shout during or after a performance to show that they like it, they cheer (sb/sth)
 - the noise that people make when they cheer: cheer, cheering (noun U)
 They gave her three cheers.
 - when people make a loud noise to show that they do not like a performance, they boo (at) (sb/sth)
 The speaker was booed.
 - the noise that people make when they boo: boo, booing (noun U)
 There were boos from the crowd when Barnes missed the goal. ◎ There was more booing than clapping at the end of the performance.
 - when people make a long 's' sound to show that they do not like a performance, they hiss (at sb/sth)
 - the noise that people make when they hiss: hiss, hissing (noun U)
 The audience greeted the performers with boos and hisses.
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 - to shout a critical comment or question at a person who is speaking or performing in public: heckle (sb); a person who does this: heckler
 When the audience started heckling him, he knew he had lost their sympathy.
 
 
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