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cinema
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cinema
(noun)
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cinema
/
ˈ
sɪnəmə/
noun
plural
cinemas
cinema
/
ˈ
sɪnəmə/
noun
plural
cinemas
Learner's definition of CINEMA
1
[
noncount
]
a
:
the film industry
She had a long career in (the)
cinema
.
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b
:
the art or technique of making movies
a student of French
cinema
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2
[
count
]
chiefly British
:
a movie theater
We drove by the
cinema
to see what was playing.
They are
going to the cinema
[=(
US
)
going to the movies
] tonight.
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