Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The readers of a publication considered as a group.
- n. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The office of reader. See reader, 3 .
Wiktionary
- n. The collected readers of a publication.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The office of reader.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.)
Etymologies
- reader + -ship (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Although we have readers across Canada in pretty much every law school, in major law firms, courthouses and government legal departments, the majority of our readership is the larger Canadian public.”
“Let me say it once again: our readership is awesomely creative, smart, and funny.”
You May Now Call Your Computer A… - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“But my readership is also relatively small, and certifiably filled with people I know or know online as being other moms.”
“Unlike traditional media, the instant feedback of publishing on the internet, and direct contact with the readership is also part of the appeal.”
“Looks like our readership is about equally divided on getting the DVD.”
“Generally, they well understand (maybe just because they have to sell papers and advertisements) that their readership is a diverse group of human beings with varying sensitivities and varying ways of engaging with, and processing, disturbing information.”
“Any increase in readership is important so if the site can be supplied in other formats, that’s a good thing, right?”
“Might as well post it on TMZ as the readership is much more enlightened.”
“Yes, but the real question vexing your readership is how will the Dartmouth elections reshape the healthcare debate?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Lipstick on the Health-Reform Pig:
“Even if Angus does think the VC a conservative blog, the VC readership is a damned poor representation of “conservatives” generally.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Further Left You Are the Less You Know About Economics:
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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-ship
quality; rank; ability; collective
friendship, kingship, leadership, readership, mothership, censorship, companionship, citizenship, courtship, dictatorship, internship, externship and 7 more...
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Bon Voyage
Words which ship
membership, sponsorship, readership, marksmanship, workmanship, trusteeship, censorship, championship, dealership, proprietorship, friendship, fellowship and 3 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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