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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;
- Example: "the house was full"
[syn: theater, theatre, house]

2. the art of writing and producing plays;
[syn: dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre]

3. a region in which active military operations are in progress;
- Example: "the army was in the field awaiting action"
- Example: "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
[syn: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Theater \The"a*ter\, Theatre \The"a*tre\, n. [F. th['e][^a]tre, L. theatrum, Gr. ?, fr. ? to see, view; cf. Skr. dhy[=a] to meditate, think. Cf. Theory.] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. [1913 Webster] 2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. --Burns. [1913 Webster] Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. [1913 Webster] Theatin
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

theatre n 1: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" [syn: theater, theatre, house] 2: the art of writing and producing plays [syn: dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre] 3: a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" [syn: field, field of operations, theater, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "theatre": acting, area, arena, auditorium, coliseum, drama, dramaturgy, hippodrome, histrionics, melodrama, opera house, performance, performing, playhouse, scene, setting, show business, stagecraft, staginess, the boards, the stage, theatrics
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Theatre only mentioned in Acts 19:29, 31. The ruins of this theatre at Ephesus still exist, and they show that it was a magnificent structure, capable of accommodating some 56,700 persons. It was the largest structure of the kind that ever existed. Theatres, as places of amusement, were unknown to the Jews.