auditorium
noun
au·di·to·ri·um
ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-əm 
plural auditoriums or auditoria
ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-ə
1
: the part of a public building where an audience sits
2
: a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings
Examples of auditorium in a Sentence
will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium
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The president and his policies sparked tense exchanges between the two candidates, Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval and Republican challenger Cory Bowman before a full auditorium at Xavier University.
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Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
On Monday night, an auditorium of movie lovers at the New York Film Festival were treated to the secret world premiere of Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The seats move, wind gets blown at you (something that makes for a particularly unsettling moment when a character is shot in the head and the 4DX system simulates the bullet whizzing into your ear), and lights pop on and off around the auditorium to simulate gunfire and other effects.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
The four-part series will be divided between the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room at the Athenaeum and the auditorium at Scripps Research.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2025
On Monday night, an auditorium of movie lovers at the New York Film Festival were treated to the secret world premiere of Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The seats move, wind gets blown at you (something that makes for a particularly unsettling moment when a character is shot in the head and the 4DX system simulates the bullet whizzing into your ear), and lights pop on and off around the auditorium to simulate gunfire and other effects.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
The four-part series will be divided between the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Music Room at the Athenaeum and the auditorium at Scripps Research.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Auditorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditorium. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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auditorium
noun
au·di·to·ri·um
ˌȯd-ə-ˈtōr-ē-əm
-ˈtȯr-
1
: the part of a public building where an audience sits
2
: a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings
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