Definition of audience

• a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
• 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"
• an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"