theatre
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,725 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,102 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented also: theater, house the house was full
- the art of writing and producing plays also: dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater
- a region in which active military operations are in progress also: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre of operations the army was in the field awaiting actionhe served in the Vietnam theater for three years
theatre in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She shall astonish London fairst.--Yez! if I take a theatre!
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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But undergraduates of every race Flocked to the Theatre, each night to fill it.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Every evening she had the choice of the theatre or a ball, often both.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The name of Oliver Bell Bunce is not prominently connected with the American Theatre.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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The girl, who had not forgotten, either, went to a luncheon and the theatre after.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1