When we hear the word “audience”, it immediately brings back memories of elegantly dressed men and women who came to the theater to watch the wonderful play of the actors. And all of them, of course, perfectly understand art, their taste is perfect. An idealistic picture, you will not say anything. But in fact, the meaning of the noun “public” is more diverse than our ideas about it. We will understand today in all the subtleties.
Value
We don’t know whether you ever noticed or not, but a person who lacks knowledge imagines a certain place in a halo. For example, people who have never studied at prestigious educational institutions think that celestials live there, in these beautiful classrooms no one ever swears, the atmosphere is sublime and impeccable in its culture. In fact, the real picture is far from ideal. After all, only people study everywhere. So it is with the public, this is understandable. But first, we’ll open the explanatory dictionary to find out how bright our ideas are. So, the meaning of the word “public” follows:
- People who are somewhere as spectators, listeners, visitors, and also in general - people, society.
- Society or individuals united by some common features.
Examples of use
As you can see, the first value fully meets our expectations, and the second - breaks them. Because there is a note in the dictionary that the second meaning is disapproving, playful and conversational. Do not worry, the example will clarify everything now. Imagine a daughter’s birthday, she’s 15 years old. Informal young people gather: with Iroquois, in rivets, in jackets. In other words, their appearance is far from ordinary, familiar. And the father looks at it all and thinks: “Yes, well, the audience!” The example shows that there is hardly any admiration or adoration here, rather contempt.
But it would be unfair to leave the first value completely without an example. Therefore, let's correct this mistake. It’s easier here. People who love theater are a theatrical audience. People who love books are the reading public. For example, you can imagine the sentence: "Pelevin’s new novel became a gift to the entire reading public."
Synonyms
Despite the utmost clarity, semantic analogues should not be discounted, they can always come in handy. So let's see what we have this time:
- society;
- viewers
- listeners;
- lovers;
- lecture hall.
There are no surprises here, but it is nice when synonyms for a word are collected in one place and given in a list. No need to scour, exhausting oneself, according to the text and frantically compose your list. What can I say, we are thinking about the reader. We hope the information will be useful to him.