26984 words

cinema

5 definitions • 8 examples
1
a theatre where people pay to watch films:

Examples:

The town no longer has a cinema.
a cinema ticket
2
to go to watch a film:

Examples:

I just wanted to spend time with my friends, go to the cinema, do normal stuff.
3
films and the business of making them :

Examples:

He was well known for his work in cinema.
These young directors in the 1960s and 1970s revolutionized cinema.
She is known as one of cinema's great action heroines.
4
movies, or the art or business of making movies:

Examples:

[ U ] Her lectures on the cinema were very interesting.
5
esp. CdnBr A cinema is also a movie theater:

Examples:

[ C ] We’d already been to the local cinema twice that week.

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