How do you use the word "cinema" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "cinema": Smoking is not permitted in the cinema. I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.

Cinema Meaning

/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA movie theatre, a movie house.

nounFilms collectively.

Sentence Examples

Smoking is not permitted in the cinema.

I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

film

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We bought tickets for the new film at the local ____ downtown.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We decided to go to local ____ to watch the latest animation movie.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French cinématographeclip. French cinémabor. English cinema Borrowed from French cinéma, clipping of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “movement”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write, record”). Compare German Kino (“cinema”), ultimately from the same Greek source.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee." — 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

"The French and Italian cinemas can seem to persist autonomously—in the sense of being spaces of separate development and marked difference from Hollywood and other national cinemas." — 2005, Tom O'Regan, Australian National Cinema, page 79:

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