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Definition of Theatre
1. Noun. A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented. "The house was full"
Specialized synonyms: Arena Theater, Theater In The Round, Cinema, Movie House, Movie Theater, Movie Theatre, Picture Palace, Dinner Theater, Dinner Theatre, Home Theater, Home Theatre, Little Theater, Little Theatre, Music Hall, Vaudeville Theater, Vaudeville Theatre, Opera, Opera House
Terms within: Box Office, Ticket Booth, Ticket Office, Circle, Dress Circle, Dressing Room, Greenroom, Orchestra, Orchestra Pit, Pit, Parquet, Parquet Circle, Parterre, Stage, Standing Room, Theater Stage, Theatre Stage, Tiered Seat
Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice
Category relationships: Dramatic Art, Dramatics, Dramaturgy, Theater
2. Noun. The art of writing and producing plays.
Examples of category: Amphitheater, Amphitheatre, Closed-circuit Television, House, Theater, Dramatic Irony, Flies, Place, Seat, Booking Clerk, Ticket Agent, Act, Play, Playact, Roleplay, Stooge, Enter, Support, Star, Appear, Co-star, Ham, Ham It Up, Overact, Overplay, Underact, Underplay, Upstage, Downstage
Generic synonyms: Communicating, Communication
Specialized synonyms: Stage
Terms within: Dramatic Composition, Dramatic Work
Derivative terms: Dramaturgic, Dramaturgical, Theatrical, Theatrical
3. Noun. A region in which active military operations are in progress. "He served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Group relationships: Theater Of War, Theatre Of War
Generic synonyms: Region
Terms within: Combat Area, Combat Zone
Definition of Theatre
1. Noun. (Australia NZ UK) (alternative spelling of theater) ¹
2. Noun. (American English) (non-gloss definition Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Theatre
1. theater [n -S] - See also: theater
Medical Definition of Theatre
1. 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. 3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. "Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view." (Milton) 4. A sphere or scheme of operation. "For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest." (Bacon) 5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. Origin: F. Theatre, L. Theatrum, Gr, fr. To see, view; cf. Skr. Dhya to meditate, think. Cf. Theory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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