(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'theater'
1.
A ~ is a building with a stage in it, on which plays, shows, and other performances take place.
I worked at the Grand Theatre.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
2.
You can refer to work in the ~ such as acting or writing plays as the ~.
You can move up to work in films and the ~...
N-SING: the N
3.
Theatre is entertainment that involves the performance of plays.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
A theater or a movie theater is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment. (AM; in BRIT, use cinema )
N-COUNT
5.
In a hospital, a ~ is a special room where surgeons carry out medical operations.
She is back from ~ and her condition is comfortable.
= operating ~
N-COUNT: also prep N
6.
A ~ of war or other conflict is the area or region in which the war or conflict is happening.
The Middle East has often been a ~ of war.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n