Standard Lemma guide

readership

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The collected readers of a publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The role or office of a reader.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the Nora Chadwick Readership in Celtic Studies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The office or position of a Reader

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: audience

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English reader Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English readership From reader + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 讀者群 /读者群 (dúzhěqún) — collected readers of a publication
  • Czech: čtenářstvo — collected readers of a publication
  • Dutch: lezerspubliek — collected readers of a publication
  • Finnish: lukijakunta — collected readers of a publication
  • French: lectorat — collected readers of a publication
  • Georgian: მკითხველები (mḳitxvelebi) — collected readers of a publication
  • German: Leserschaft — collected readers of a publication
  • Greek: αναγνωσιμότητα (anagnosimótita) — collected readers of a publication
  • Hebrew: קהל־קוראים (khal korˈʔim) — collected readers of a publication
  • Hungarian: olvasóközönség — collected readers of a publication
  • Indonesian: kepembacaan — collected readers of a publication
  • Portuguese: leitores — collected readers of a publication
  • Russian: читательская аудитория (čitatelʹskaja auditorija) — collected readers of a publication
  • Russian: аудитория (auditorija) — collected readers of a publication
  • Russian: круг чита́телей (krug čitátelej) — collected readers of a publication
  • Serbo-Croatian: čitatéljstvo — collected readers of a publication
  • Spanish: lectoría — collected readers of a publication
  • Spanish: lectores — collected readers of a publication
  • Swahili: usomaji — collected readers of a publication
  • Swedish: läsekrets — collected readers of a publication
  • Welsh: darllenyddiaeth — collected readers of a publication
Real reading context

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