Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - theatre

(theatres) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: in AM, use 'theater' 1. A theatre is a building with a stage in it, on which plays, shows, and other performances take place. I worked at the Grand Theatre. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. You can refer to work in the theatre such as acting or writing plays as the theatre. You can move up to work in films and the theatre... N-SING: the N 3. Theatre is entertainment that involves the performance of plays. N-UNCOUNT 4. A theater or a movie theater is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment. (AM; in BRIT, use cinema) N-COUNT 5. In a hospital, a theatre is a special room where surgeons carry out medical operations. She is back from theatre and her condition is comfortable. = operating theatre N-COUNT: also prep N 6. A theatre of war or other conflict is the area or region in which the war or conflict is happening. The Middle East has often been a theatre of war. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n