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DictionaryauditoriumAudience hall
noun

auditorium

aw-di-TOR-ee-um/ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/

A large room or hall where an audience gathers for an event.

Rows of empty seats face the stage inside the spacious auditorium.

An empty auditorium viewed from the rear aisle: many orderly rows of fixed seats face a broad raised stage with a lectern and microphone.
Etymology
auditLatinto hear
+oriumLatinplace for

The pieces describe a place for hearing. The Latin word named a lecture room, an image preserved in the modern hall where an audience gathers to hear talks or performances.

In context

Center for Strategic & International Studies35:28
it is a huge Auditorium I mean people have paid top dollar to hear this Nobel Laureate talk
Defense Logistics Modernization Keynote Presentation by Former Congressman Tom Davis

More examples

  • Every seat in the auditorium was taken.
  • The school has two auditoriums of different sizes.
  • A microphone carried her voice to the back of the auditorium.

Forms

auditorium · auditoriums · auditoria

Similar words

hall
Can serve many purposes besides seating an audience.
theater
Usually includes facilities specifically intended for staged performances.