Definition of multiplex
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: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages or signals simultaneously on the same circuit or channel
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would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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The pull of the Oscars toward smaller, independent movies rather than multiplex blockbusters has already hurt the show, said Marty Kaplan, the Norman Lear professor of entertainment, media and society at the University of Southern California.
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That was the latest in asset sales, after the company unloaded its multiplex business in 2016.
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The thinking goes—especially in smaller markets where viewers don’t have other multiplex options—that customers will feel compelled to pay more to see a Marvel movie or Star Wars, the kind of experience audiences still flock to the theater for.
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A 10-minute walk brings you to its shopping malls, multiplex cinemas, restaurants and casino.
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But demand was soft in spots: In most areas of the country, the multiplex crowd was not yet on board.
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The romantic comedy bits work better than the hospital melodrama bits, but this is still a pleasant diversion from multiplex bombast.
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Origin and Etymology of multiplex
multiplex Synonyms
Antonyms
few;
Related Words
countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable, unnumbered, untold;
Phrases
all kinds of, quite a few;
Definition of multiplex
: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system
: to multiplex messages or signals
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Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
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First Known Use of multiplex
1885
Definition of multiplex
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
Recent Examples of multiplex from the Web
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Plans for the multiplex off U.S. Highway 441 between the Target and Wa-Mart stores were announced in February 2014, and local moviegoers have anxiously awaited the new movie screens.
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Super Bowl weekend is usually a slow period for North American multiplexes, and that’s certainly expected to be the case this year.
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At multiplexes in Boston and suburbs; Jordan’s Furniture IMAX in Natick and Reading.
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Affirm is hoping Caviezel’s star power with the faith audience will make a difference at the multiplex.
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The deal was to have the groups work to develop a 9- to 12-screen multiplex along with an upscale restaurant on a 7-acre parcel at Towne Center Parkway.
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What matters is that well into the second decade of our forever war, the combat movies that populate our multiplexes and our minds are devoted to a martial narrative of men-as-terminators that should have been strangled at its birth a long time ago.
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Despite a Supreme Court order, distributors and multiplex owners in four states are not showing the film, citing safety concerns.
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Action and Atomic Duckpin Bowling: 1105 Prospect St. www.fountainsquareindy.com | 317-686-6006 A refurbished 1920s multiplex in the Fountain Square neighborhood is the unlikely home of Action & Atomic Duckpin Bowling.
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First Known Use of multiplex
1982
MULTIPLEX Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of multiplex for English Language Learners
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: a building that contains several movie theaters
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