English noun: theatre |
| 1. | theatre (artifact) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented |
|
| Samples | The house was full.
|
|
| Synonyms | house, theater |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | arena theater, cinema, dinner theater, dinner theatre, home theater, home theatre, little theater, little theatre, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, music hall, opera, opera house, picture palace, theater in the round, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre |
|
| Part holonym | box office, circle, dress circle, dressing room, greenroom, orchestra, orchestra pit, parquet, parquet circle, parterre, pit, stage, standing room, theater stage, theatre stage, ticket booth, ticket office, tiered seat |
|
| Domain category | dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
|
| 2. | theatre (communication) the art of writing and producing plays |
|
| Synonyms | dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, theater |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | stage |
|
| Part holonym | dramatic composition, dramatic work |
|
| Domain category members | act, amphitheater, amphitheatre, appear, booking clerk, closed-circuit television, co-star, downstage, dramatic irony, enter, flies, ham, ham it up, house, overact, overplay, place, play, playact, roleplay, seat, star, stooge, support, theater, theatre, ticket agent, underact, underplay, upstage |
|
| 3. | theatre (location) a region in which active military operations are in progress |
|
| Samples | The army was in the field awaiting action.
He served in the Vietnam theater for three years.
|
|
| Synonyms | field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre of operations |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | region |
|
| Part holonym | combat area, combat zone |
|
| Part meronym | theater of war, theatre of war |
|
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine |
|
