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1 N‑COUNT A cinema is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment. [mainly BRIT ] □  The country has relatively few cinemas. in AM, usually use movie theater , movie house 2 N‑SING You can talk about the cinema when you are talking about seeing a film in a cinema. [mainly BRIT ] □  I can't remember the last time we went to the cinema. in AM, usually use the movies 3 N‑UNCOUNT Cinema is the business and art of making films. □  Contemporary African cinema has much to offer in its vitality and freshness.

cin|emat|ic /s I n I mæ t I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Cinematic means relating to films made for the cinema. □  …a genuine cinematic masterpiece.

cin|ema|tog|ra|pher /s I n I mətɒ grəfə ^r / (cinematographers ) N‑COUNT A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.

cin|ema|tog|ra|phy /s I n I mətɒ grəfi/ N‑UNCOUNT Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema. □  …an admirer of Arthur Jafa's breathtaking cinematography.

cin|na|mon /s I nəmən/ N‑UNCOUNT Cinnamon is a sweet spice used for flavouring food.

ci|pher /sa I fə ^r / (ciphers ) also cypher N‑COUNT A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages. □  …converting their messages into ciphers. □  During World War II he worked as a cipher clerk.

cir|ca /sɜː ^r kə/ PREP Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made. [FORMAL ] □  The story tells of a runaway slave girl in Louisiana, circa 1850.

cir|cle ◆◆◇ /sɜː ^r k ^ə l/ (circles , circling , circled )

1 N‑COUNT A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area. □  The flag was red, with a large white circle in the centre. □  I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.

2 N‑COUNT A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it. □ [+ of ] Cut out 4 circles of pastry. □ [+ of ] …a circle of yellow light.

3 N‑COUNT A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle. □ [+ of ] The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones. □  We stood in a circle holding hands.

4 VERB If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it. □ [V n] This is the ring road that circles the city. □ [V + around/round ] …the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.

5 VERB If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, it moves round in a circle in the air. □ [V ] The plane circled, awaiting permission to land. □ [V adv/prep] There were two helicopters circling around. □ [V n] …like a hawk circling prey.

6 VERB To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them. □ [V + around/round ] Emily kept circling around her mother. □ [V n] The silent wolves would track and circle them.

7 VERB If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it. □ [V n] Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.

8 N‑COUNT You can refer to a group of people as a circle when they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests. □ [+ of ] He has a small circle of friends. □  Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.

9 N‑SING In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor.