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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One of the book’s first images shows an empty school auditorium.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
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The officers found Ly standing in front of the school’s auditorium with what appeared to be a handgun tucked in his waistband.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
The screening venues are in hotel banquet rooms and a Hill School auditorium.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
The officers found Ly standing in front of the school’s auditorium with what appeared to be a handgun tucked in his waistband.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
The militants, who planted explosives in the auditorium, demanded a total withdrawal of Russian military forces from Chechnya.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for auditorium
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“Auditorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auditorium. Accessed 2 Nov. 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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