viewers
part of speech
noun, plural of «viewer» (a viewer, viewers)
meaning for a pupil
1) Viewers are people who watch television, a video or a show. tree →
2) Viewers are also people who look at something, such as a painting or a view. tree →
3) A viewer can also be a device or program for looking at pictures or files. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, TV programmes and online videos talk about their viewers; numbers of viewers show how popular a show is. In media lessons, pupils learn that adverts try to persuade viewers. In maths, viewer numbers are used for bar charts and comparisons. Phrases: «TV viewers», «young viewers», «viewers at home».
examples
- Millions of viewers watched the final. tree →
- The show warned viewers about flashing lights. tree →
- Young viewers loved the cartoon. tree →
- The painting makes viewers feel calm. tree →
- The channel had 4,000 viewers on Saturday and 2,500 on Sunday, so 6,500 in all. tree →
- Adverts are made to persuade viewers to buy things. tree →
note
Plural of the countable noun «viewer». Similar words: audience (a group), spectators (at a live event like a match), onlookers. In maths, «how many viewers in all» means add.
In the corpora
- Clever viewers ask three questions: is this what happened, or what someone thinks?
- Some fundraising scams use AI-made videos of animals or people that do not exist to get money from kind viewers.
- Automatic captions guess words from sound and sometimes mishear, which matters a lot for deaf viewers.
- TV talent shows are edited to be dramatic, so harsh comments and tears are often shown more because they get more viewers.
- In 1957 the BBC showed a famous report of spaghetti «growing on trees» in Switzerland, and many viewers believed it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «viewers» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.