theater: betekenis en definities

A building, room, or outdoor structure for the presentation of plays, films, or other dramatic performances.

A room with tiers of seats used for lectures or demonstrations: an operating theater at a medical school.

Dramatic literature or its performance; drama: the theater of Shakespeare and Marlowe.

The milieu of actors and playwrights.

The quality or effectiveness of a theatrical production: good theater; awful theater.

Dramatic material or the use of such material: "His summation was a great piece of courtroom theater” ( Ron Rosenbaum).

The audience assembled for a dramatic performance.

A place that is the setting for dramatic events.

A large geographic area in which military operations are coordinated: the European theater during World War II.