theatre noun (BUILDING/ROOM)
A2 [ C ] a building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activity:
the Lyceum Theatre
a lecture theatre
› [ C ] UK → operating theatre
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theatre noun (PERFORMING ARTS)
› [ S or U ] (the writing or performance of) plays, opera, etc., written to be performed in public:
She made her career in the theatre.
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- In the 70s he was the enfant terrible of the theatre.
- He doesn't really know a thing about the theatre - he's just posing!
- The arts festival is pre-eminently a festival of theatre.
- She has shunned publicity since she retired from the theatre.
- There's a lot of straight theatre at the festival as well as the newer, more experimental stuff.
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theatre noun (BEHAVIOUR)
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Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
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theatre noun (MILITARY)
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