to watch a movie
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- phrasal verb
- /wɑtʃ ə ˈmuvi/
- After a long week, I decided to watch a movie to relax.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I'll ask them, well, OK, would you watch a movie that's made by AI?
- And I'll ask them, well, OK, would you watch a movie that's made by AI?
- Now that there's all these movies, I might watch a movie instead.
- I said, hey, do you guys want to watch a movie upstairs?
- It's like, it's almost like you would like to watch a movie over here.
- I love laying around and going to the beach or just watching a movie or staying at home.
- Look, the boys made dinner with Jaya and we watched a movie last night, but it was pretty chill.
- He'll never be snuggling on my chest while I watch a movie.
Examples
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I'll just stay in and watch a movie or get food or something.
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The researchers asked participants to choose one of two rooms in which to watch a movie.
Academic text (2003) -
I just want to watch a movie.
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You want to watch a movie, son?
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Want to watch a movie?
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Can we watch a movie?
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I'm going to watch a movie tonight with my mom.
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We stay in, watch a movie, we share meals and snacks.
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Just chill on the sofa, watch a movie together.
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I'd rather watch a movie than do yoga.
Antonyms
How Long
- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to view a film' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'watch' (to view attentively) + 'a' (indefinite article) + 'movie' (film). This simple verb + noun construction follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Watch a movie comes from early movie theaters where people sat and looked at 'moving pictures' on a big screen. Watch means to look and movie is short for 'moving picture', so the phrase means 'to view a film', usually for entertainment.