theatre

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

See theater. The -re spelling is due to influence from French théâtre.

[edit] Noun

Ryazan drama theatre

Singular
theatre

Plural
theatres

theatre (plural theatres)

  1. (British) Alternative spelling of theater.
  2. (US) Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema.

[edit] Usage notes

  • The spelling theatre is the main spelling in Commonwealth English, with theater being rare.
  • The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English).

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to theatre

Third person singular
theatres

Simple past
theatred

Past participle
theatred

Present participle
theatring

to theatre (third-person singular simple present theatres, present participle theatring, simple past and past participle theatred)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (New Zealand) An informal request to cease a labouring or argumentative conversation. Commonly used on PA System, a well-known New Zealand blog. (Orig.) arising from the absurdism of shouting 'theatre' in a theatre, the term has undergone semantic broadening to include any absurd thread development.
    "I theatre this thread."
    a more common usage is the exclamation "THEATRE" during a heated, and potentially personal, comment exchange.
    discussion of usage disambiguation

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