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CINEMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A theater where films are shown
Synonyms:
cinema; movie house; movie theater; movie theatre; picture palace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cinema" is a kind of...):
house; theater; theatre (a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cinema"):
bioscope (a South African movie theater)
fleapit (an old shabby movie theater)
multiplex (a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A medium that disseminates moving pictures
Example:
film coverage of sporting events
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cinema" is a kind of...):
medium (a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
cut-in; insert ((film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film)
MacGuffin; McGuffin ((film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cinema"):
silver screen (the film industry)
Derivation:
cinematic (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema)
