auditorium
pronunciation
How to pronounce auditorium in British English:
UK [ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm]
How to pronounce auditorium in American English:
US [ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm]
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- Noun:
- the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
Word Origin
- auditorium (n.)
- 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.).
Example
- 1. At the doors of the auditorium , chaos reigns .
- 2. The weightlifting auditorium has a leaky roof .
- 3. And then people rose and cheered . There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium .
- 4. Downstairs , in the august heat , more than a hundred reporters and photographers who had been pulled away unexpectedly from their baseball games and swimming pools and family picnics swarmed into salomon 's auditorium for the press conference .
- 5. The church also has a youth auditorium .