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Cinema Bre Noun ˈsɪnəmə ˈsɪnəmɑː Local I Week
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BrE / ˈsɪnəmə / BrE / ˈsɪnəmɑː / |
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- the local cinema
- i used to go to the cinema every week.
- one of the great successes of british cinema
- how often do you go to the cinema?
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cinema(noun)BrE / ˈsɪnəmə / BrE / ˈsɪnəmɑː / - a building in which films/movies are shown
- when you go to the cinema or to the movies, you go to a cinema/movie theater to see a film/movie
- I used to go to the cinema every week.
- films/movies as an art or an industry
- one of the great successes of British cinema
Extra Examples- How often do you go to the cinema?
- She started making films in the last years of silent cinema.
- The cinema was packed every night for ‘Shrek’.
- The cinema was packed, and we ended up sitting in the second row.
- What’s on at the cinema tonight?
- a new multiplex cinema on the edge of town
Word Origin- early 20th cent.: from French cinéma, abbreviation of cinématographe, from Greek kinēma, kinēmat- ‘movement’, from kinein ‘to move’.
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