cinemas

Noun

cinema (countable and uncountable, plural cinemas)

1. (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house.
   • The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

   Synonyms:

   pictures, moviehouse, movies, movie theater, movie theatre

2. (uncountable) Films collectively.
   • Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.
3. (uncountable) The film and movie industry.
   • In the long history of Spanish cinema[…].
4. The art of making films and movies; cinematography.
   • Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers[…].

   Synonyms:

   seventh art

5. (Internet, uncountable) A sophisticated or exemplary film, representative of the art of cinema.

   Synonyms:

   kino

   1. (Internet, broadly, humorous) Any media or event that is exemplary.
      • That game was absolute cinema.