Definitions for cinema
ˈsɪn ə məcin·e·ma

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1. film, cinema, celluloidnoun

   a medium that disseminates moving pictures

   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"

2. cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palacenoun

   a theater where films are shown

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1. cinemanoun

   the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.

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1. cinemanoun

   a film

2. cinemanoun

   a movie theatre, a movie house

   The cinema is right across the street from the restaurant.

3. cinemanoun

   film or movies as a group

   Despite the critics, he produced excellent cinema.

4. cinemanoun

   the film and movie industry

   In the long history of Spanish cinema....

5. cinemanoun

   the art of making films and movies

   Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers....

6. Etymology: From cinéma, shortening of cinématographe (term coined by the in the 1890s), from

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1. Cinema

   see Thysanura, of which this forms a group including the bristle-tails, and for which it has been used as an equivalent.

Matched Categories

1. • Theater

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4722

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3923

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cinema' in Nouns Frequency: #1713

Anagrams for cinema »

1. came in

2. anemic

3. iceman

How to pronounce cinema?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say cinema in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cinema in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cinema in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cinema in a Sentence

1. Alfonso Cuaron:

   If they do good movies, they should be recognized...I'm very happy that they're embracing diversity ... in a time in which the theatrical experience had become so gentrified, i just hope that this opens up the game. And what is very needed is a balance between the two economic models – the theaters and the (streaming) platforms, because that's only going to be good for cinema.

2. Anuj Somany:

   A hero acts good largely in cinema as insight shows that many reel-life villains are better in nature than most movies’ lead actors in real-life, but the film comedians are usually the best of them in actual life.

3. Ryan Coogler:

   His first withScarlett Johanssonas Black Widow, then, with the South African cinema titan, John Kani as TChallas father, King TChaka. It was at that moment I knew I wanted to make this movie.

4. Abderrahmane Sissako:

   When you have countries that produce one film a year or one film every three years, which is the reality of African nations, cinema is not well established.

5. Robert Bresson:

   Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.

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