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| cin·e·ma [ sínnəmə ] (plural cin·e·mas) |
noun |
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| Definition: |
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1. movies collectively: movies considered collectively
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formal
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2. U.K. movie industry: the movie industry, or the business of making movies
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3. movie theater: a movie theater
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| [Early 20th century. < French cinéma, shortening of cinématographe, literally "movement writing" < Greek kinēma "movement"] |
