- (n.) Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
- (n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
- (n.) A sphere or scheme of operation.
- (n.) That which resembles a theater in form, use or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.
- (n.) A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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