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The number 8 definition got me thinking bout multiple meanings.

From:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/theater

theateror the·a·tre

[ thee-uh-ter, theeuh- ]

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noun

1. a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic performances or stage entertainments, or for showing movies.

1. the audience at a theatrical performance or movie: The theater wept.

1. a theatrical or acting company.

1. a room or hall, fitted with tiers of seats rising like steps, used for lectures, surgical demonstrations, etc.: Students crowded into the operating theater.

1. the theater, dramatic performances as a branch of art; the drama: an actress devoted to the theater.

1. Often the theater . dramatic works collectively, as of literature, a nation, or an author: the theater of Ibsen.

1. the quality or effectiveness of dramatic performance: good theater; bad theater; pure theater.

1. a place of action; field of operations: the Pacific theater of combat during World War II.See also theater of war.

1. a natural formation of land rising by steps or gradations.