noun
1. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented (Freq. 7)
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the house was full
• Topics: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatic art, ↑dramatics, ↑theatre
• Hyponyms:
↑arena theater, ↑theater in the round, ↑cinema, ↑movie theater, ↑movie theatre, ↑movie house, ↑picture palace, ↑dinner theater, ↑dinner theatre, ↑home theater, ↑home theatre, ↑little theater, ↑little theatre, ↑music hall, ↑vaudeville theater, ↑vaudeville theatre, ↑opera, ↑opera house
• Part Meronyms:
↑box office, ↑ticket office, ↑ticket booth, ↑circle, ↑dress circle, ↑dressing room, ↑greenroom, ↑orchestra, ↑orchestra pit, ↑pit, ↑parquet, ↑parquet circle, ↑parterre, ↑stage, ↑standing room, ↑theater stage, ↑theatre stage, ↑tiered seat
2. the art of writing and producing plays (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatic art, ↑dramatics, ↑theatre
• Derivationally related forms: ↑theatrical, ↑dramaturgic (for: ↑dramaturgy), ↑dramaturgical (for: ↑dramaturgy)
• Members of this Topic:
↑upstage, ↑downstage, ↑amphitheater, ↑amphitheatre, ↑closed-circuit television, ↑theatre, ↑house, ↑dramatic irony, ↑flies, ↑seat, ↑place, ↑ticket agent, ↑booking clerk, ↑act, ↑play, ↑roleplay, ↑playact, ↑stooge, ↑enter, ↑support, ↑star, ↑appear, ↑co-star, ↑overact, ↑ham it up, ↑ham, ↑overplay, ↑underact, ↑underplay
• Hypernyms: ↑communication, ↑communicating
• Hyponyms: ↑stage
• Part Meronyms: ↑dramatic composition, ↑dramatic work
3. a region in which active military operations are in progress
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the army was in the field awaiting action
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he served in the Vietnam theater for three years
• Syn: ↑field, ↑field of operations, ↑theater of operations, ↑theatre, ↑theatre of operations
• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine
• Hypernyms: ↑region
• Part Holonyms: ↑theater of war, ↑theatre of war
• Part Meronyms: ↑combat zone, ↑combat area
Useful english dictionary. 2012.