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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On an evening in May 1934, a crowd filed into an auditorium in the port city of Szczecin, now in northwestern Poland.
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Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Councilors approved a staggered timeline, allowing construction of the PSU auditorium, which can also host Broadway shows, to be completed before work on the Keller begins.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
The warm and stuffy auditorium held about one thousand people, jammed in hip-to-hip and knee-to-spine, according to early nineteenth-century standards of comfort.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
For example, at Whitnall High School, renovations would be done in the science wing, kitchen, auditorium, locker rooms, gyms, weight/fitness area, as well as the addition of an eight-lane pool, support spaces, mezzanine seating and event lobby.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
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Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Councilors approved a staggered timeline, allowing construction of the PSU auditorium, which can also host Broadway shows, to be completed before work on the Keller begins.
—Kale Williams, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
The warm and stuffy auditorium held about one thousand people, jammed in hip-to-hip and knee-to-spine, according to early nineteenth-century standards of comfort.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
For example, at Whitnall High School, renovations would be done in the science wing, kitchen, auditorium, locker rooms, gyms, weight/fitness area, as well as the addition of an eight-lane pool, support spaces, mezzanine seating and event lobby.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Auditorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditorium. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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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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