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| the·a·ter [ th ətər ] or the·a·tre [ th ətər ] |
noun (plural the·a·ters) (plural the·a·tres) |
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1. place for plays: a building, room, or other setting where plays or other dramatic presentations are performed
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2. place where movies are shown: a building, room, or other setting where movies are shown
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3. room with tiers of seats: a room with rising tiers of seats, used for lectures, demonstrations, or assemblies
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4. plays: plays or other dramatic literature
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5. drama as art or profession: dramatic performance as an art, profession, or way of life
  She decided to make the theater her life.
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6. dramatic quality: dramatic or theatrical quality or effectiveness
As a public speaker he has a great sense of theater.
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7. place of significant events: the place or realm where significant actions or events take place
the political theater
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8. medicine
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informal
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Same as operating room
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9. U.S. geography land that rises in steps: a natural land formation that rises by steps or gradations
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for use in theater of operations: relating to or for use in a military theater of operations
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| [14th century. Via Old French and Latin< Greek theatron< theasthai "to watch"] |
