theatre

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• theater

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Noun

Singular theatre

Plural theatres

Actors on a stage in a theatre

1. (countable) A theatre is a building with a big room with a stage and places for many people to sit, so that people can watch a play with actors in it.

   The Nutcracker is playing at the theatre tonight.