(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ at a play, concert, film, or public meeting is the group of people watching or listening to it.
He was speaking to an ~ of students at the Institute for International Affairs.
N-COUNT-COLL
2.
The ~ for a television or radio programme consists of all the people who watch or listen to it.
The concert will be relayed to a worldwide television ~ estimated at one thousand million.
N-COUNT-COLL: usu with supp
see also studio ~
3.
The ~ of a writer or artist is the people who read their books or look at their work.
Say’s writings reached a wide ~ during his lifetime...
N-COUNT-COLL: usu sing
4.
If you have an ~ with someone important, you have a formal meeting with them.
The Prime Minister will seek an ~ with the Queen later this morning.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N with n