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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cinema/ˈsɪnəmə/

▶noun chiefly Brit.

1 a theatre where films are shown.

2 the production of films as an art or industry.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Fr. cinéma, abbrev. of cinématographe (see cinematograph).

'cinema' also found in these Oxford entries:

art house - balcony - big - bill - bioscope - B-movie - box office - camera - celluloid - certificate - cineaste - cinematic - cinéma-vérité - cinephile - cineplex - coliseum - costume drama - display - double feature - drive-in - feature - film - film-maker - fleapit - flick - footage - frame - matinee - motion picture - movie - moviemaker - movie theatre - multiplex - neo-realism - newsreel - nickelodeon - pic - picture - picture palace - safety film - showing - silver - split screen - still - subtitle - telecine - theatre - use - usher

Forum discussions with the word(s) "cinema" in the title:

a war-bond drive that reinvents the montage sequences of 1940s cinema as an intricately layered ....
art house cinema/arthouse cinema/art cinema
barrel down cinema
Cinema
Cinema booth sign: TICKETS vs. TICKETING
cinema hall
cinema terms again - full-length feature film
Footage / Sequence (Cinema, television...)
for the ticket for cinema
Go / come to the cinema
go cinema
go in/to/into a restaurant/cinema
I am going to the cinema at 4pm...
I have been going with my wife to the cinema a few times recently.
I have not gone to the cinema vs I haven't gone to the cinema.
I like the cinema, <whereas, while> he likes the theatre.
I suggest <that we go/ going/ to you that we go/ you to go/ to Bill that he go/ to Bill to go> to the cinema.
I suggest <you going/ going/ that you should go> to the cinema
I usually go to the cinema on Fridays
If followed by "conditional" verb. If the cinema would open tomorrow I would go.
If I had been rich, I would have gone to the cinema
in (the) cinema
in / at the cinema
interested in the cinema/in cinema
prefer going to cinema to watching Tv
Pronunciation of cinema
Rachel suggested we GO/WENT to the cinema
repertory cinema
spinach cinema
talking about Cinema
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