cera

[seer-uh]

noun

1. (in prescriptions) wax.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cera¹

From the Latin word cēra

Example Sentences

Only one scene really has an impact: Ben runs into a nerd-revolutionary, adorably played by Michael Cera, who seems like a little brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s addled old radical in “One Battle After Another.”

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Dying to fight the regime, he has booby-trapped his house against expected attackers, and Mr. Cera’s patented boy-man shtick proves useful when he deploys a kid’s water gun in a deadly way.

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Elton’s motivations don’t make sense, but at least Cera barges into the movie with so much energy that his sequence is a hoot.

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William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Colman Domingo and Josh Brolin also star in the action thriller adapted from Stephen King’s novel—also the source of the 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Glen Powell has stepped into Arnold Schwarzenegger’s running shoes as a gritty, hardscrabble contestant who flees for his life, with Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Lee Pace, Michael Cera and Katy O’Brian rounding out the cast.

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