cinemanoun
uk/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/us/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/A2 [ C ] mainly UK US usually movie theater a theatre where people pay to watch films:
The town no longer has a cinema.
a cinema ticket
the cinema C1 mainly UK US usually the movies
the business of making films:
He was well known for his work in the cinema.
go to the cinema US also go to the movies
to go to watch a film
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- We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come along?
- I took her swimming to compensate for having missed out on the cinema.
- The aforementioned Mr Parkes then entered the cinema.
- They sat in the back row of the cinema kissing and cuddling.
- Can you give me a lift back from the cinema tonight, Dad?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Public entertainment venues
- auditorium
- bandstand
- bar
- boozer
- brewpub
- fleshpot
- flick
- free house
- gastropub
- honky-tonk
- hostelry
- nineteenth
- palace
- pavilion
- picture
- playhouse
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- saloon
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Cinema - general words