movie
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈmuːvi/
- US
:
película
- After dinner, we decided to go see a movie at the nearby theater.
- watch a movie
- see a movie
- movies and television
I want to watch a scary movie and laugh.
- I want to watch a scary movie and laugh.
- And so basically it's the movie in comic form.
- So no, no, no gangster movies in my list.
- Can you explain what this movie is is tackling?
- So I think that that movie is about this book.
- Oh yes, how many movies have you made?
- They're in business to get movie and TV deals.
- Write that book, create that movie, launch that movement.
- First is, is this a movie that I would like to see?
- All of these are movies that make Plato's point.
- Reminds me of that movie Cold Mountain.
- You know, it's, you don't think of a movie like Being John Malkovich.
- Actually it if you like the Disney movie, it's very different.
- You're never making the movie for someone today.
Examples
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This was like a giant action heist movie with three big stars.
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Um... what kind of movies did he direct?
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So I think that that movie is about this book.
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Oh yes, how many movies have you made?
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You know, you could make an excellent movie with a story like that, man.
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Some of us have seen this movie before, and we know how it ends.
Academic text (2011) -
We always knew what to expect in her movies because they were always the same.
Fiction book (1990) -
I promised to show him cuts of the movie, and I did.
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Reminds me of that movie Cold Mountain.
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I want to watch a scary movie and laugh.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen
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7.7
A movie shown on a screen in a theatre or at home
337
2.7
A film or TV program that shows real people and events
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3.0
A story that uses moving images and sound, like a movie
81
4.1
A casual word for a movie you watch at a cinema
40
2.8
A full-length movie shown as the main attraction in a cinema
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8.1
A movie shown in a cinema or on screen
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2.4
A film that shows real events, people, or issues
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2.5
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
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3.5
A movie shown on a screen that tells a story
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5.5
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
Compounds
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1.8
A time when people watch several movies one after another without long breaks
- Offensive
An adult film with soft sex scenes that plays late on cable TV like Cinemax
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Movie comes from the older phrase moving picture, the name people used for films because they are literally 'moving' pictures on a screen. So a movie is simply a recorded story or event made of pictures that move.