theatrenoun
UK US theater uk/ˈθɪə.tər/us/ˈθiː.ə.t̬ɚ/theatre noun (BUILDING/ROOM)
A2 [ C ] a building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activity:
[ C ] UK → operating theatre
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- Please exit the theatre by the side doors.
- I'd far rather go to the theatre than watch a video.
- All the major theatres now have sponsors, especially for high-cost productions.
- We had seats in the front row of the theatre.
- The theatre managed to boost its audiences by cutting ticket prices.
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Public entertainment venues
- amphitheatre
- auditorium
- bandstand
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- drive-in
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- honky-tonk
- nineteenth
- opera house
- palace
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- saloon
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theatre noun (PERFORMING ARTS)
[ S or U ] (the writing or performance of) plays, opera, etc., written to be performed in public:
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- In the 70s he was the enfant terrible of the theatre.
- He doesn't really know a thing about the theatre - he's just posing!
- The arts festival is pre-eminently a festival of theatre.
- She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.
- There's a lot of straight theatre at the festival as well as the newer, more experimental stuff.
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Theatre - general words
- break a leg idiom
- double bill
- drama
- dramatic
- dramatically
- hold sth over
- immersive
- jukebox musical
- kabuki
- music theatre
- opening night
- premiere
- preview
- run
- run and run idiom
- slapstick
- theatre in the round
- theatregoer
- thespian
- vaudeville
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theatre noun (BEHAVIOUR)
[ U ] behaviour that is not sincere and is intended just to produce a particular effect or to attract attention:
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Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
- bravura
- dressed
- exhibitionist
- flash sth around
- grandstander
- grandstanding
- hot dog! idiom
- ostentatious
- parade
- play to the gallery idiom
- push
- razzmatazz
- showman
- slut
- streak
- streaker
- strut
- swanky
- tarty
- tinsel
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theatre noun (MILITARY)
[ C ] an area or place in which important military events happen:
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- Bastille
- battlefield
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- boot camp
- camp
- fort
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- line
- parade ground
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- unmanned
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