auditorium

[ aw-di-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr- ]

/ ˌɔ dɪˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

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noun, plural au·di·to·ri·ums, au·di·to·ri·a [aw-di-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌɔ dɪˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

the space set apart for the audience in a theater, school, or other public building.

a building for public gatherings; hall.

Nearby words

auditionee, auditioner, auditive, auditor, auditor general, auditorium, auditory, auditory aphasia, auditory area, auditory brainstem response audiometry, auditory canal

Origin of auditorium

1720–30; < Latin: lecture hall; see auditor, -tory²

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There will be 15 auditorium style classrooms, each with a capacity for 700 students.
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Yet at my own institute every science program we put on fills up a 3,000-person auditorium with paying members of the public.
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Thus the auditorium was certain to be entirely filled, for the last rows of chairs were thrown open to some of the villagers.
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The lights went out, the weary artists hurried home, the Auditorium was left cold, silent and deserted.
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The auditorium was tastefully decorated and would hold about three hundred people.
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It is a small theater, but new and neatly fitted up, has a bar attached, and beer tables on the floor of the auditorium.
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The auditorium was gradually darkened,and the dividing curtain disclosed a ravishingly beautiful scene by the sea-shore.
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British Dictionary definitions for auditorium

auditorium

/ (ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːrɪəm) /

noun plural -toriums or -toria (-ˈtɔːrɪə)

the area of a concert hall, theatre, school, etc, in which the audience sits

US and Canadian a building for public gatherings or meetings

Word Origin for auditorium

C17: from Latin: a judicial examination, from audītōrius concerning a hearing; see auditory

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Word Origin and History for auditorium

auditorium

1727, from Latin auditorium "lecture room," literally "place where something is heard," neuter of auditorius (adj.) "of or for hearing," from auditus, past participle of audire "to hear" (see audience); also see -ory. Earlier in the same sense was auditory (late 14c.).

auditorium

noun, plural au·di·to·ri·ums, au·di·to·ri·a [aw-di-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌɔ dɪˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

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British Dictionary definitions for auditorium

auditorium

noun plural -toriums or -toria (-ˈtɔːrɪə)

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