cineplex
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- noun
- /ˈsɪnəˌplɛks/
- US
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cineplex
- Quality 16 frequently shows simulcasts of Metropolitan Opera productions, but somehow when it's happening out there at the cineplex, it seems like it's only replacing Die Hard in a Hail of Bullets, Part 16.
- a local cineplex
Examples
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The best part of this whole bargain is for $50,000 down payment, I get the whole building, and I open my cineplex.
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They're building a cineplex there and they're making us an offer.
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Finding Henry James is hard, especially when he's playing at the cineplex.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm talking about building major studios, cineplex chains, even theme parks.
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Enjoy your Thanksgiving, and keep up the good work letting me know about the good movies out there, although they rarely come to my local cineplex.
Blog text (9) -
Maybe twice a month they go to a movie at a cineplex in a giant mall over on Palmetto Palm Boulevard, two miles away.
Fiction book (1990) -
Used to be, a studio would negotiate with the theater chains to get each movie into the cineplex, with the theater keeping a percentage of ticket sales.
Blog text (17) -
They wandered in and out of stores until they found their way to the ten-screen cineplex at the other end of the mall.
Fiction book (2001) -
I had to wade through the Twilight premiere on my way out of work (I work at a theater)... shoulder-to-shoulder people in our 17-screen cineplex...
Blog text (3) -
The whole family went to the cineplex to watch the latest superhero movie on a Saturday night.
Synonyms
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A building where people go to see plays or movies
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A building where people go to watch movies on a big screen
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A building where people go to watch films on a screen
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A building where people go to watch movies
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A cinema with several screens that shows different films at the same time
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A building where people go to watch films
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A very large movie theater with many screens showing different films
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A building where people go to watch movies
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An old-fashioned cinema where films are shown to the public
A cinema with several rooms showing different films
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Etymology
Cineplex comes from cine- (as in cinema, which means 'movie') and -plex (from complex, which means 'many parts'). So a cineplex is a movie complex with many screens to choose from, which explains its modern meaning.