{
    "term": "theatre",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ci/city.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a building or an outdoor area where plays and similar types of entertainment are performed",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Broadway theatres"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an open-air theatre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How often do you **go to the theatre**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She left the theatre a few minutes after the curtain fell."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't been to the theatre for a long time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city's first purpose-built theatre is nearing completion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pier has a unique little puppet theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The theatre was packed for the opening night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a bar in the theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were at the theatre last night."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "little", "small"],
                "verb + theatre/​theater": ["go to", "visit", "enter"],
                "theatre/​theater + noun": ["seat", "ticket", "design"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the theatre", "in a/​the theatre"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a building in which films are shown",
            "labels": "(both North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They arrived at the movie theater a few minutes later."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I urge you to go see this film when it comes to a theater near you."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "little", "small"],
                "verb + theatre/​theater": ["go to", "visit", "enter"],
                "theatre/​theater + noun": ["seat", "ticket", "design"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the theatre", "in a/​the theatre"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "plays considered as entertainment",
            "labels": "(British English)(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an evening of live music and theatre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like music, theatre and cinema."
                },
                {
                    "text": "current ideas about what makes good theatre *(= what makes good entertainment when performed)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're huge fans of **musical theatre**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "live/street/youth theatre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a theatre critic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was some good fringe theatre at the festival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an hour-long theatre piece"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Toronto theatre scene"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Chancellor's speech was an absorbing piece of political theatre."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["good", "great", "live"],
                "… of theatre/​theater": ["piece"],
                "verb + theatre/​theater": ["study"],
                "theatre/​theater + noun": ["studies", "critic", "piece"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the work of writing, producing and acting in plays",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I want to work in theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a theatre troupe/company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had never done **musical theatre** when he landed the lead role as the Phantom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was essentially a man of the theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wants to go into the theatre when he finishes university."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + theatre/​theater": ["be in", "work in", "go into"],
                "theatre/​theater + noun": ["director", "impresario", "producer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a room in a hospital used for medical operations",
            "sensetop": "in theatre",
            "labels": "(both British English)North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a theatre sister *(= a nurse who helps during operations)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's still in theatre.",
                    "contextForm": "in theatre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's already been taken to theatre for the operation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["operating"],
                "verb + theatre": ["take to"],
                "theatre + noun": ["nurse", "sister", "staff"],
                "preposition": ["in (the) theatre"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the place in which a war or fighting takes place",
            "sensetop": "theatre (of war/operations)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an intelligence officer in the Pacific theatre"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Russia replied by opening up a new theatre of war in the Balkans."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθɪətə(r)/",
                "audio": "th/theatre/theatre__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈθiːətər/",
                "audio": "th/theatre/theatre__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin theatrum, from Greek theatron, from theasthai ‘behold’."
}