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Word theatre
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈθɪətə(r) / NAmE / ˈθiːətər /
Example
  • broadway theatres
  • an open-air theatre
  • how often do you go to the theatre?
  • an evening of live music and theatre
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theatre

(noun)BrE / ˈθɪətə(r) / NAmE / ˈθiːətər /
  1. a building or an outdoor area where plays and similar types of entertainment are performed
    • see also lecture theatre
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lecture-theatre
    • Broadway theatres
    • an open-air theatre
    • How often do you go to the theatre?
  2. a building in which films/movies are shown
  3. plays considered as entertainment
    • 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)
  4. the work of writing, producing and acting in plays
    • I want to work in theatre.
    • He was essentially a man of the theatre.
    • = operating theatre
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/operating-theatre
    • a theatre sister (= a nurse who helps during operations)
    • He's still in theatre.
  5. the place in which a war or fighting takes place
    • an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre

    Extra Examples

    • He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university.
    • He writes the sort of dialogue that makes good theatre.
    • He’s already been taken to theatre for the operation.
    • His speech was a great piece of political theatre.
    • I haven’t been to the theatre for a long time.
    • She was in the operating theatre for two hours.
    • The Chancellor’s speech was an absorbing piece of political theatre.
    • 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 was some good fringe theatre at the festival.
    • There’s a bar in the theatre.
    • We saw some good street theatre while we were in Paris.
    • We were at the theatre last night.
    • an hour-long theatre piece
    • the Toronto theatre scene
    • How often do you go to the theatre?
    • She left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell.
    • The play challenges current ideas about what makes good theatre.
    • an evening of music and theatre

    Word Origin

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