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cinema
[ sin-uh-muh ]
noun
- movies collectively, as an art:
During the Great Depression, cinema provided psychological comfort, an escape from the harsh realities of daily life.
- Also Older Spelling, 쾱·· []. Chiefly British. movie theater:
Do you know if there is a cinema near the British Museum?
cinema
/ ˈsɪnɪmə; ˌsɪnɪˈmætɪk /
noun
- a place designed for the exhibition of films
- ( as modifier )
a cinema seat
- the cinema
- the art or business of making films
- films collectively
Derived Forms
- cinematic, adjective
- ˌԱˈپ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ··· [sin-, uh, -, mat, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinema1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinema1
Example Sentences
Chapter is an international centre for contemporary arts in Cardiff, which includes a gallery, artists' studios, theatres and cinema screenings.
Perhaps no storage room is more hallowed in cinema than the 67-square-foot space known as the Criterion Closet.
It's a big week for Marvel fans, with Thunderbolts* landing in cinemas on Friday.
Moviegoers — especially ones who don’t live in major metropolitan areas — have little originality to choose from at the theater, which is why “Sinners” felt even more like a godsend from the cinema heavens.
The theater proves that it can do nearly anything the cinema can do with the right design team, directorial imagination and technological know-how.
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