Theatre I Minutes Plays Entertainment Good Noun ˈθɪətə(R

• broadway theatres
• an open-air theatre
• how often do you go to the theatre?
• she left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell.

theatre

1. a building or an outdoor area where plays and similar types of entertainment are performed
• SEE ALSO community theater (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-theater#communitytheater_sng_3
• Broadway theatres
• an open-air theatre
• How often do you go to the theatre?
• She left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell.

Extra Examples

• I haven't been to the theatre for a long time.
• The city's first purpose-built theatre is nearing completion.
• The pier has a unique little puppet theatre.
• The theatre was packed for the opening night.
• There's a bar in the theatre.
• We were at the theatre last night.
2. a building in which films are shown
• They arrived at the movie theater a few minutes later.
• I urge you to go see this film when it comes to a theater near you.
3. plays considered as entertainment
• SEE ALSO coup de théâtre
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/coup-de-theatre
• an evening of live music and theatre
• I like music, theatre and cinema.
• current ideas about what makes good theatre (= what makes good entertainment when performed)
• We're huge fans of musical theatre.
• live/street/youth theatre
• a theatre critic

Extra Examples

• There was some good fringe theatre at the festival.
• an hour-long theatre piece
• the Toronto theatre scene
• The Chancellor's speech was an absorbing piece of political theatre.
4. the work of writing, producing and acting in plays
• SEE ALSO community theater (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-theater#communitytheater_sng_2
• I want to work in theatre.
• a theatre troupe/company
• He had never done musical theatre when he landed the lead role as the Phantom.
• He was essentially a man of the theatre.
• He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university.
5. a room in a hospital used for medical operations
• a theatre sister (= a nurse who helps during operations)
• He's still in theatre.
• He's already been taken to theatre for the operation.
6. the place in which a war or fighting takes place
• an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre
• Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’.