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cinema

[ sin-uh-muh ]

noun

  1. movies collectively, as an art:

    During the Great Depression, cinema provided psychological comfort, an escape from the harsh realities of daily life.

  2. Also Older Spelling, kin·e·ma []. Chiefly British. movie theater:

    Do you know if there is a cinema near the British Museum?



cinema

/ ˌsɪnɪˈmætɪk; ˈsɪnɪmə /

noun

    1. a place designed for the exhibition of films
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cinema seat

  1. the cinema
    the cinema
    1. the art or business of making films
    2. films collectively


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Derived Forms

  • ˌcineˈmatically, adverb
  • cinematic, adjective

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Other Words From

  • cin·e·mat·ic [sin-, uh, -, mat, -ik], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinema1

First recorded in 1895–1900; short for cinematograph

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinema1

C19 (earlier spelling kinema ): shortened from cinematograph

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Example Sentences

That, along with its excellent performances and a tour-de-force turn from its filmmaker, should be more than enough to make it a must-see for anyone who likes their LGBTQ movies to be outstanding cinema, too.

Alas, nothing you screen on even the best 2-in-1 laptops will give you movie cinema or even 50-inch TV gorgeousness, but high definition maximizes viewing pleasure.

A recently retired teacher, she had started a new path showing classic films to local audiences at libraries and cinemas, and she wanted to incorporate PowerPoint into her presentations.

As an added bonus, if you don’t have a 3D capable TV and 3D Blu-ray player but do have a few Blu-ray sets that came with a 3D disc, you can watch them through the PlayStation VR headset and recreate the cinema experience.

Some began to reopen in late March 2020, but ticket sales were sluggish so China’s national film bureau reversed the decision days later, shutting cinemas until July 20.

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The Second Republic was also considered the another golden age for Korean Cinema.

In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.

Forty-two years after its debut, The Godfather casts a long shadow over American cinema.

President Park understood the power of cinema as propaganda.

Cinema Services gave him the heads-up that Sony was going forward with the December 25 release.

As it is, she had the greatest difficulty in keeping them, because there's no cinema near.

It is true that I had never been to the cinema before I married him, and I am not sure that it was not his first time, too.

I cannot pretend to have learned much about the cinema on such a brief visit, but I acquired a few facts.

In the years immediately preceding the war the cinema demands an evergrowing if not altogether appreciative attention.

The post-office is an annexe of the grocer's where the sardines come from on Jane's cinema evening.

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