1. • noun - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
   • noun - the art of writing and producing plays
   • noun - a region in which active military operations are in progress
2. • 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.
3. • adj - a building for dramatic presentations [n -S] : THEATRIC

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