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# matinee

«matinee» in Mova's school dictionary: **a performance of a play, show or film in the afternoon** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a matinee, matinees)

### meaning for a pupil

A matinee is a performance of a play, show or film in the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life about theatre and cinema trips, especially family outings.

### examples

- We went to the Saturday matinee of the pantomime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x1)
- Matinee tickets are often cheaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x2)
- The matinee starts at 2 o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x3)
- Grandad took us to a matinee of «The Lion King». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x4)
- There is no matinee on Mondays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x5)
- The cinema shows a kids' matinee every Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/#x6)

### note

From French «matin» (morning), but it means afternoon in English. Also spelled «matinée». Plural: matinees.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «matinee» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matinee/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.