noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The collected readers of a publication. countable, uncountable

   "The village newspaper has a readership of only 200 people."

2. 2
   The office or position of a Reader
3. 3
   the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) wordnet
4. 4
   The role or office of a reader. countable, uncountable

   "the Nora Chadwick Readership in Celtic Studies"

Synonyms

All synonyms

chairfellowshiptutelagetutorship

Example

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"Our magazine's readership numbers in the thousands."

Etymology

From reader + -ship.

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