(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use movie theater , movie house )
The country has relatively few ~s.
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2.
You can talk about the ~ when you are talking about seeing a film in a ~. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use the movies )
I can’t remember the last time we went to the ~...
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3.
Cinema is the business and art of making films.
Contemporary African ~ has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.
= film
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