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Audience

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Broader term 8

Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Conference 76% connected

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Multitude 76% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

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Opportunity 76% connected

Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance.

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People 76% connected

The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.

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Narrower term 3

Gallery 76% connected

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by…

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Readership 76% connected

The office of reader.

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Derivationally related 2

Consult 74% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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Consult 74% connected

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.

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Member part 5

Attender 70% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Auditor 70% connected

A hearer or listener.

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Hearer 70% connected

One who hears; an auditor.

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Listener 70% connected

One who listens; a hearkener.

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Playgoer 70% connected

One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

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Containing group 3

Populace 70% connected

The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.

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Public 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the pub…

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World 70% connected

The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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Synonym 3

Consultation 92% connected

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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Hearing 92% connected

of Hear

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Interview 92% connected

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interv…

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