theatrical
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/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/(UK)
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/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/(UK) · /θiˈætɹɪkəl/(US)
Definition of theatrical
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to the theatre.
“12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.”
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adj
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Of or relating to the theatre.
“12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.”
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Fake and exaggerated.
“The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.”
noun
- A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
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A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
“Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.”
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A person who works in theatre.
“Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.
Words you can make from theatrical
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11 words7-letter words
35 words- ACHIRAL 12 pts
- ATTACHE 12 pts
- CALATHI 12 pts
- CHAETAL 12 pts
- CHARLIE 12 pts
- CHATTEL 12 pts
- CHATTER 12 pts
- CHITTER 12 pts
- CITHARA 12 pts
- ETHICAL 12 pts
- LATCHET 12 pts
- RACHIAL 12 pts
- RATCHET 12 pts
- THERIAC 12 pts
- TRACHEA 12 pts
- TRACHLE 12 pts
- HETAIRA 10 pts
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- ARTICLE 9 pts
- ATRETIC 9 pts
- CATTAIL 9 pts
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- CITRATE 9 pts
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- LACTATE 9 pts
- LATTICE 9 pts
- RECITAL 9 pts
- TACTILE 9 pts
- TALCIER 9 pts
- TEACART 9 pts
- ARIETTA 7 pts
- RATTAIL 7 pts
- TERTIAL 7 pts
6-letter words
59 words- ACHIER 11 pts
- ARCHIL 11 pts
- ATTACH 11 pts
- CAHIER 11 pts
- CHAETA 11 pts
- CHALET 11 pts
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- HELIAC 11 pts
- RACHET 11 pts
- THECAL 11 pts
- THETIC 11 pts
- THRICE 11 pts
- ALTHEA 9 pts
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- HALIER 9 pts
- HALITE 9 pts
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- THETRI 9 pts
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- ACETAL 8 pts
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- TAILER 6 pts
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5-letter words
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- ETHIC 10 pts
- LAICH 10 pts
- LARCH 10 pts
- LATCH 10 pts
- LEACH 10 pts
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- ARIEL 5 pts
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- IRATE 5 pts
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- RATAL 5 pts
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