- 1the part of a theatre, concert hall, etc. in which the audience sits Wordfindertheatreartistic director, auditorium, balcony, box office, circle, director, foyer, stage, the stalls, theatre Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehuge, vast, 200-seat, … verb + auditoriumfill auditorium + verbhold somebody, seat somebody, be filled with something, … See full entry See related entries: In the theatre
- 2(especially North American English) a large building or room in which public meetings, concerts, etc. are held Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehuge, vast, 200-seat, … verb + auditoriumfill auditorium + verbhold somebody, seat somebody, be filled with something, … See full entry See related entries: Public spaces Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally in the general sense ‘a place for hearing’): from Latin, neuter of auditorius ‘relating to hearing’, from audire ‘hear’. Wordfinderconcertaudience, auditorium, concert, interval, microphone, perform, programme, soloist, support, venueExtra examples The auditorium seats over a thousand people. The darkened auditorium was filled with muttering. He stood at the back of the packed auditorium. The new building will include an exhibition hall, auditorium, bookshop and restaurant. You will be taken on a guided tour of the theatre, including the stage, auditorium and backstage areas.
auditorium
nounBrE BrE//ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm//; NAmE NAmE//ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm//
(pl. auditoriums, auditoria BrE BrE//ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriə//; NAmE NAmE//ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriə//
) Public spaces, In the theatreCheck pronunciation: auditorium
