Theater

English Meaning

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.

1. A building, room, or outdoor structure for the presentation of plays, films, or other dramatic performances.
2. A room with tiers of seats used for lectures or demonstrations: an operating theater at a medical school.
3. Dramatic literature or its performance; drama: the theater of Shakespeare and Marlowe.
4. The milieu of actors and playwrights.
5. The quality or effectiveness of a theatrical production: good theater; awful theater.
6. Dramatic material or the use of such material: "His summation was a great piece of courtroom theater” ( Ron Rosenbaum).
7. The audience assembled for a dramatic performance.
8. A place that is the setting for dramatic events.
9. A large geographic area in which military operations are coordinated: the European theater during World War II.