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# cinema

noun (cinema, cinemas; the cinema)

«cinema» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cinema is a building where people watch films on a big screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#m1)
2. «The cinema» or «the movies» can mean going to see a film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#m2)
3. Cinema is also the art of making films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths: seats in rows (rows × seats), tickets and prices, films that start and end at times (end time = start + length); popcorn prices. In everyday life: going to the cinema with friends, birthday cinema trips, film ratings for ages. Phrases: «go to the cinema», «at the cinema», «cinema ticket».

### Examples

- The cinema has 15 rows of 20 seats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x1)
- A ticket costs 7 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x2)
- The film starts at 4 pm and lasts 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x3)
- How many tickets were sold? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x4)
- We went to the cinema for my birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x5)
- Please turn off your phone in the cinema. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x6)
- In the USA a cinema is called a movie theater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x7)
- The cinema was full for the new film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/#x8)

### Note

«Cinema» (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), «movie theater» (USA). Maths: seats in rows give multiplication; times give an end time. Trap: a film of 1 hour 45 minutes from 4:30 pm ends at 6:15 pm, not 5:75.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cinema» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cinema/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cinema» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cinema.html) on Mova free.