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Plural of theater

regular plural

The plural of theater is theaters.

Forms of theater

Singulartheater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/
Pluraltheaters
Countablecountable and uncountable

Theaters in a sentence

  • The movie is still in theaters, but I got a copy that fell off the back of a truck.From the entry fall off the back of a truck
  • The movie hits theaters in December.From the entry hit
  • Significantly, it explained that developments in distant theaters can “directly affect” trans-Atlantic security.2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the…. From the entry threat
  • They started the promenade around midnight, as the theaters were getting out.2019, Dominique Kalifa, Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University…. From the entry grand duc
  • The Interview will be shown at theaters willing to play it on Xmas day!2014 December 23, Steven Zeitchik, quoting Seth Rogen, “'The Interview': Indie theaters to go forward with screenings”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry Xmas Day

Meaning of theater

  1. noun A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
  2. noun A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
  3. noun A lecture theatre.

Full definition of theater

Questions about the plural of theater

What is the plural of theater?
The plural of theater is theaters.
Is theater countable?
Theater is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theater (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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