Meaning of theater | Babel Free

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1. theater (a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on)
2. A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
   US, countable
3. theater; drama (drama or performance as a profession or art form)
4. A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
   US, countable, uncountable
5. A building designed for the performance of plays.
6. theater (a region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war)
7. teatraal بصورَةٍ مَسْرَحِيَّه، دراماتيكِيّا театрално teatralmente teatrálně theatralisch teatralskt; sceniskt; dramatiskt θεατρικά / θεατρινίστικα teatralmente teatraalselt به روش تئاتری teatraalisesti théâtralement בתֵּיאַטרָלִיוּת नाट्यरूप से kazališno, teatralno színházi szempontból; színészkedve secara dramatis tilgerðarlega teatralmente 劇のように 연극의, 연극같이 teatrališkai teātra veidā; teatrāli dibuat-buat theatraalteatralsk teatralnie teatralmente (în mod) teatral театрально teatrálne gledali...
8. A lecture theatre.
   US, countable, uncountable
9. theatrics; drama; melodrama (exaggerated reaction to life events)
10. teatraliteit التَّصَرُّف المَسْرَحي المُتَكَلَّف театралност teatralidade teatrálnost die Theatralität drama; dramatik θεατρικότητα teatralidad, cualidad de teatral teatraalsus تئاتری بودن teatraalisuus théâtralité תֵּיאַטרָלִיוּת नाटकीयता teatralnost színpadiasság sikap dramatis tilgerð, leikaraskapur teatralità わざとらしさ 연극적임, 부자연스러움 teatrališkumas teatralitāte perbuatan yg dibuat-buat theatraliteit det som gjelder teateret; tilgjorthet teatralność teatralidade teatralitate театральность teatr...
11. An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
    US, countable, uncountable
12. movie theater; cinema
13. dramatic performances. He's very interested in amateur theatricals. teaterwerk تَمثيلِيّات يَقوم بها الهُواة عادةً театрално представяне teatro (amador) divadlo die Theateraufführungen(pl.) drama; teater; -teater θεατρικές παραστάσεις teatro teatrietendus اجرای نمایش näytännöt théâtre הַצָגַת חוֹבבִים नाट्याभिनय kazališne predstave, izvedbe (műkedvelő) színjátszás permainan drama leiksÿningar (rappresentazioni teatrali) 演劇 (특히 비전문인 극단의) 연극 공연 vaidinimai izrādes, iestudējumi persembahan teater...
14. A cinema.
    US, countable, uncountable
15. A building, room, or outdoor structure for the presentation of plays, films, or other dramatic performances.
16. Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
    US, countable, uncountable
17. A room with tiers of seats used for lectures or demonstrations: an operating theater at a medical school.
18. Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
    US, countable, uncountable
19. Dramatic literature or its performance; drama: the theater of Shakespeare and Marlowe.
20. A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
    US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable
21. The quality or effectiveness of a theatrical production: good theater; awful theater.
22. The audience assembled for a dramatic performance.
23. A place that is the setting for dramatic events.

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Examples

“His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.”

“Percy had been too big for the town since he got back from the war. He served in the Pacific theater, behind the lines keeping up the supply chain.”

“This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!”

“We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.”

“I worked in theater for twenty-five years.”

“The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater.”

“security theater; hygiene theater”

“ACTA proponents rely on claims of a growing piracy and counterfeiting threat. In the absence of credible evidence of the threat or that the measures in ACTA will reduce the threat, ACTA is no more than enforcement theater.”

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