cinema
/ˈsɪnəmə/noun
उच्चारण सिनम
सिनेमाघर, सिनेमा हॉल
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[C] especially BrE
a building in which films are shown (American: movie theater)
सिनेमाघर, सिनेमा हॉल
- Let us go to the cinema tonight.
- We booked tickets for the late show at the cinema near the railway station.
- The new cinema in our town has a huge screen.
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- We met outside the cinema half an hour before the show.
- There were long queues at the cinema on the opening day.
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the cinema / go to the cinema
For the building we say the cinema with the article, and go to the cinema for the activity of watching a film there.
इमारत के लिए 'the cinema' और वहाँ फ़िल्म देखने जाने के लिए 'go to the cinema' कहा जाता है; यहाँ article आता है।
- Let's go to the cinema on Saturday evening.
- The new cinema near the station has four screens.
cinema (uncountable) = film as an art
When cinema means films as an art or industry, it is uncountable and takes no article and no plural.
जब 'cinema' का अर्थ कला या उद्योग के रूप में फ़िल्में हो, तब यह uncountable है; इसके साथ article या plural नहीं लगता।
- Satyajit Ray changed the face of Indian cinema.
- She is studying world cinema at the film institute.
in the cinema / at the cinema
Both in and at are used; at suggests the event of watching, in suggests the place inside the building.
'In' और 'at' दोनों चलते हैं; 'at' देखने के आयोजन का संकेत देता है और 'in' इमारत के भीतर के स्थान का।
- We met Radhika at the cinema yesterday.
- Please switch off your phone in the cinema.
adjective/noun + cinema
Words like regional, silent, parallel or Hindi describe a type or tradition of cinema.
Regional, silent, parallel या Hindi जैसे शब्द cinema की किस्म या परंपरा बताते हैं।
- Parallel cinema deals with serious social subjects.
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adjective + cinema
Indianregionalsilentparallelcommercial
- Regional cinema has found a national audience through streaming.
verb + cinema
go tovisitbuildclose downrevive
- The old single-screen cinema in our town was closed down last year.
cinema + noun
hallticketscreenaudiencecritic
- The cinema hall was packed for the first show.
noun + of cinema
historygolden agepioneerlanguageimpact
- Dadasaheb Phalke is called the father of Indian cinema.
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- The cinema was almost empty because it was raining heavily.
भारी बारिश के कारण सिनेमा हॉल लगभग खाली था।
- Indian cinema is watched in more than a hundred countries.
भारतीय सिनेमा सौ से अधिक देशों में देखा जाता है।
- My grandfather remembers queuing for hours outside the cinema for tickets.
मेरे दादाजी को याद है कि वे टिकट के लिए सिनेमा के बाहर घंटों कतार में खड़े रहते थे।
- The festival will screen classics of silent cinema.
यह उत्सव मूक सिनेमा की क्लासिक फ़िल्में दिखाएगा।
- Radhika wants to make a career in cinema as a screenwriter.
राधिका पटकथा-लेखक के रूप में सिनेमा में अपना करियर बनाना चाहती है।
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✗ We went to cinema last night.
✓ We went to the cinema last night.
Cinema as a building needs the article the.
इमारत के अर्थ में 'cinema' से पहले article 'the' आता है।
✗ I like to watch cinema on Sundays.
✓ I like to go to the cinema on Sundays.
We do not 'watch cinema'; we watch a film, or we go to the cinema.
हम 'watch cinema' नहीं कहते; हम film देखते हैं या 'go to the cinema' कहते हैं।
✗ Cinemas has changed a lot in the last decade.
✓ Cinema has changed a lot in the last decade.
When it means films as an art, cinema is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
कला के अर्थ में 'cinema' uncountable है और singular verb लेता है।
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Cinema, film and movie are close in meaning, but cinema is the building or the art, while film and movie are the individual works.
Cinema, film और movie अर्थ में निकट हैं, पर cinema इमारत या कला है, जबकि film और movie अलग-अलग कृतियाँ हैं।
The building where films are shown, or films as an art and industry.
वह इमारत जहाँ फ़िल्में दिखाई जाती हैं, या कला और उद्योग के रूप में फ़िल्में।
- We watched the film at the cinema.
A single story shot for the screen; the British everyday word.
पर्दे के लिए बनी एक कहानी; ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी का सामान्य शब्द।
- It is a film about two sisters in Lucknow.
A place for live stage plays; in British English not the usual word for a film hall.
मंच पर जीवंत नाटक दिखाने का स्थान; ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में फ़िल्म हॉल के लिए सामान्य शब्द नहीं।
- The play was staged at the city theatre.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
cin·e·ma
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A cinema with several screens is a multiplex; the art of filming cinematography.
कई स्क्रीन वाला सिनेमाघर multiplex; फ़िल्मांकन की कला cinematography।
General knowledge
Raja Harishchandra (1913), made by Dadasaheb Phalke, was India's first full-length feature film; Alam Ara (1931) was the first Indian talkie (film with sound); the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest film honour.
दादासाहेब फाल्के द्वारा बनाई राजा हरिश्चंद्र (1913) भारत की पहली पूर्ण-लंबाई फ़ीचर फ़िल्म थी; आलम आरा (1931) पहली भारतीय बोलती फ़िल्म थी; दादासाहेब फाल्के पुरस्कार भारत का सर्वोच्च फ़िल्म सम्मान है।