(galleries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a place that has permanent exhibitions of works of art in it.
...an art ~.
...the National Gallery.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
2.
A ~ is a privately owned building or room where people can look at and buy works of art.
The painting is in the ~ upstairs.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is an area high above the ground at the back or at the sides of a large room or hall.
A crowd already filled the ~.
N-COUNT
4.
The ~ in a theatre or concert hall is an area high above the ground that usually contains the cheapest seats.
They had been forced to find cheap tickets in the ~.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing
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If you play to the ~, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
...but I must tell you that in my opinion you’re both now playing to the ~.
PHRASE: V inflects