theater

Plural

theaters

1. 1.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. 2.A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.

   • 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.

3. 3.A lecture theatre.

4. 4.An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.

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

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• house

Word family

• the