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cinema

cin·e·ma

cinema

 
 
pronunciation:
sI n m
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the art or business of making movies.
He is writing a book on the history of cinema.
similar words:
Hollywood
definition 2: a movie theater.
synonyms:
movie, theater
derivations: cinematic (adj.), cinematically (adv.)
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The word cinema contains the following part:
cine, kine, kinet, kinemat Greek root that means motion
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