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Definition of
cinema noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
cinema
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈsɪnəmə
/
/
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1
[
uncountable
,
singular
]
movies as an art or an industry
one of the great successes of American cinema
2
=
theater
(
2
)
the local cinema
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cinema
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