cinema

  • 51cinema — /ˈsɪnəmə / (say sinuhmuh) noun 1. a theatre where films are shown; picture theatre. 2. a showing of a film (def. 4b): let s go to the cinema tonight. 3. films in general: the history of Australian cinema. 4. the art of making films: this director …

  • 52cinema — noun /ˈsɪn.ɪ.mə,ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ a) a film The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant. b) a movie theatre, a movie house Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema. Syn …

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  • 53Cinema —    After the American Andrew Rawson Jennings opened the first Dutch cinema in Amsterdam in 1916, many others followed. One of the most beautiful cinemas in the Netherlands is the Art Deco–style Tuschinski Theater, opened in Amsterdam in 1921 by… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

  • 54cinema — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, art film, black and white film, cartoon, chiller, cine, cinema verite, cinematograph, color film, creepie, documentary, documentary film, drive in,… …

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  • 55cinema — n. (BE) at, in the cinema * * * [ sɪnɪmə] (BE) at. in the cinema …

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  • 56Cinéma — Ci|né|ma [sine ma] das; s, s <aus fr. cinéma; Kurzform von cinématographe> svw. ↑Cinema …

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  • 57cinema — cin|e|ma [ sınəmə ] noun count MAINLY BRITISH a MOVIE THEATER the cinema the business of making movies, or the movies that are made: He retired after 40 years in the cinema …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 58cinema — [20] The cinema is so named because it shows moving pictures. The Greek verb for ‘move’ was kīnein (source of English kinetic and, via the related Latin cīre, a range of cite words, including excite, incite, and recite). Its noun derivative was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 59cinema — noun especially BrE 1 (C) a building in which films are shown; movie theater AmE: What s on at the cinema? 2 (singular, uncountable) the skill or industry of making films: a leading figure in Italian cinema …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 60cinema — noun 1) chiefly Brit. the local cinema Syn: movie theater, theater, multiplex, movie house; historical nickelodeon 2) Italian cinema Syn: films, movies, pictures, motion pictures …

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