Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A theater complex with multiple auditoriums.

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  • noun US A cinema having multiple theatres.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cine(ma) + -plex (as in complex, multiplex, etc.)]

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Examples

  • One advantage of the cineplex is that less space, on a percentage basis, is occupied by lobby, ticket booth, etc., so there is room for more seats.

    Key Operating Ratio, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The local cineplex is littered with movies made by studios who want to second-guess what the audience wants.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Great followup read on the whole Pixar thing. 2005

  • Most of the latest big U.S. movies are shown at the twin cineplex in their original English with Spanish subtitles (not true of some big children's movies because the kids can't read the subtitles so these films get dubbed into Spanish, too bad for me), and three places in town show art films in English as well.

    differing attitudes btw. SMA /Lake? 2003

  • It’s more than worth whatever crazy price your cineplex is charging these days.

    Balloon Juice » 2008 » June 2008

  • Since the 1970s, speakers of American English have notably taken to using a shortened version of cinema in the compound word cineplex.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Since the 1970s, speakers of American English have notably taken to using a shortened version of cinema in the compound word cineplex.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • A fascinating subject, but as for noticing trends, I am so firmly ensconced in TCM that the latest flick at the cineplex is a strange and unfamiliar world to me.

    Hollywood Sets the Trend Jacqueline T Lynch 2008

  • People endure willingly the advertising, excessive noise and violence of the "cineplex" screens.

    Orangeville 2009

  • Okay, I confess to sneaking away to the cineplex once in awhile, but nothing genre-related had me reaching for the popcorn in 2009.

    December 2009 2009

  • Okay, I confess to sneaking away to the cineplex once in awhile, but nothing genre-related had me reaching for the popcorn in 2009.

    MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 5) 2009

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