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The collected readers of a publication.
The small paper has a readership of only 120 people.
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readership — read‧er‧ship [ˈriːdəʆɪp ǁ ər ] noun [countable, uncountable] the people who read a particular newspaper or magazine: • The magazine has a largely male readership. • Readership of the Birmingham Evening Mail fell about 10.6% last year. * * *… … Financial and business terms
readership — ► NOUN 1) (treated as sing. or pl. ) the readers of a publication regarded collectively. 2) (Readership) Brit. the position of Reader at a university … English terms dictionary
Readership — Read er*ship, n. The office of reader. Lyell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
readership — (n.) 1719, office of a reader, from READER (Cf. reader) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Meaning total number of readers of a publication is from 1914 … Etymology dictionary
readership — [rēd′ərship΄] n. 1. the people who read a particular publication, author, etc. or the estimated number of these 2. the state or position of being a reader … English World dictionary
readership — read|er|ship [ˈri:dəʃıp US ər ] n [U and C] 1.) all the people who read a particular newspaper or magazine regularly readership of ▪ a magazine with a readership of 60,000 ▪ They are hoping that the paper will have quite a wide readership . 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
readership — Despite the buoyancy of the publishing industry and the vast improvement in levels of literacy, the level of readership in Spain is the lowest in Europe, both of books (around 50 percent of population) and of newspapers (in the mid 1990s, 105… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
readership — [[t]ri͟ːdə(r)ʃɪp[/t]] readerships 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp The readership of a book, newspaper, or magazine is the number or type of people who read it. Its readership has grown to over 15,000 subscribers... A new format would alienate … English dictionary
readership — Until the 1970s, literary criticism was content to limit itself to romantic considerations of the writer and historical context. It regularly stretched to aesthetic valuations of the text but remained resolutely uninterested in what it might… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
readership — /ree deuhr ship /, n. 1. the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership. 2. the duty, status, or profession of a reader. 3. (esp. in British universities) the… … Universalium
readership — read|er|ship [ ridər,ʃıp ] noun 1. ) singular or uncount the group or number of people who read a particular newspaper, book, or magazine: They lowered the paper s price, hoping to attract a much wider readership. The magazine has a loyal… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
