theater
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English theater, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).
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- theatre
- The spelling theatre is the main spelling in Commonwealth English, with theater being rare.
- In United States English, theater accounts for about 80 percent of usage in the major corpus of usage, COCA.
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theater (plural theaters)
- A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies etc.
- "The theater is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, it is also the return of art to life." — (w:Oscar Wilde)
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
- A lecture theatre.
- (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!
- (US, Australian, New Zealand) A cinema, or picture theatre.
- We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.
- Drama or performance as a profession or artform.
- I worked in the theater for twenty-five years.
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place or building
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lecture theatre
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medicine: operating theatre — see operating theatre
cinema
drama or performance as a profession or artform
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theater n. (plural theaters, diminutive theatertje)
