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auditorium

[ aw-di-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

plural auditoriums, auditoria
  1. the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.
  2. a building for public gatherings; hall.


auditorium

/ ˌɔːɪˈɔːɪə /

noun

  1. the area of a concert hall, theatre, school, etc, in which the audience sits
  2. a building for public gatherings or meetings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auditorium1

1720–30; < Latin: lecture hall; auditor, -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auditorium1

C17: from Latin: a judicial examination, from ܻīōܲ concerning a hearing; see auditory
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I’d seen videos but never been in an auditorium with a director like that.

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The class is on Thursdays and begins with informal breakout groups, with students discussing a given topic or getting to know each other against a backdrop of popular music piped through the auditorium sound system.

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She is speaking to BBC News from the Bus Stop Theatre, an intimate auditorium with a little under 100 seats, in the eastern city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park made her way through an auditorium filled with Pacific Palisades residents who had lost homes, schools and churches.

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Once a scrappy pickup band that played in a high school auditorium with awful acoustics, it is now a world-class ensemble with its own world-class concert hall.

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