auditorium

noun au·di·to·ri·um \ ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-əm \

|Updated on: 7 Jul 2018

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Definition of auditorium

plural auditoriums or auditoria play \-ē-ə\

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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Examples of auditorium in a Sentence

will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium

Recent Examples of auditorium from the Web

In addition to the Catonsville session, the school system has two others scheduled, one on July 12 at 7 p.m. in the George Washington Carver High School auditorium in Towson and one at 7 p.m. on July 17 at the Dundalk High School cafeteria.

— cody boteler, baltimoresun.com, "BCPS continues public input sessions to address high school overcrowding," 3 July 2018
Seniors from Putnam High School brought their high school careers to an end June 21 at commencement exercises at the Putnam Middle School auditorium.

— janice steinhagen, Courant Community, "Putnam Seniors Told To 'Put Yourselves Out There'," 3 July 2018
On Sunday, Emerson, the lead pastor, will preach the first sermon at the Tapestry Church, the two congregations officially merging into one in a school auditorium in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood.

— jill tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, "Black, white Oakland churches to merge into one," 2 June 2018
Twelve hundred people requested credentials to watch; eight hundred and thirty-two were allowed, taking turns occupying a three-hundred-and-twenty-seat auditorium in Oklahoma City.

— jill lepore, The New Yorker, "The Rise of the Victims’-Rights Movement," 14 May 2018
The first will be at Illinois EPA headquarters in Springfield on May 23; the second at the St. Paul Baptist Church in East St. Louis on May 24; and the third at the James R. Thompson Center auditorium in Chicago on May 30.

— mary wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, "State to hold hearings on spending Volkswagen pollution settlement," 11 May 2018
In 2013, the church put on an extravagant theatrical production inside its 21,000-seat auditorium in Salt Lake City to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its alliance with the Boy Scouts.

— CBS News, "Mormons cutting ties with Boy Scouts, ending long alliance," 9 May 2018
In 2013, the church put on an extravagant theatrical production inside its 21,000-seat auditorium in Salt Lake City to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its alliance with the Boy Scouts.

— brady mccombs, The Christian Science Monitor, "Mormons end century-old relationship with Boy Scouts," 9 May 2018
At the Greenpoint studio, the set crew has built a soundstage of a real high school auditorium in Westchester, detail-perfect down to the nubbly red seats and worn carpeting.

— alexis soloski, New York Times, "With ‘Rise,’ a ‘Friday Night Lights’ for Theater Kids," 9 Mar. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of auditorium

Latin, literally, lecture room

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First Known Use: 1640

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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auditorium Synonyms

Synonyms

amphitheater, arena, garden, hall, theater (or theatre);

ballroom;

lyceum;

chamber, house, senate;

Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

AUDITORIUM Defined for English Language Learners

auditorium

noun

Definition of auditorium for English Language Learners

: a large room or building where people gather to watch a performance, hear a speech, etc.
: the part of a building (such as a theater) where an audience sits