moving picture
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈmuːvɪŋ ˈpɪktʃər/
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película
- I just saw a moving picture where a husband knew how to treat his wife.
- still or moving picture
- moving picture films
- showed moving pictures
So then they started to have scenes, moving pictures from all around the world, from the great, you know, the, the wonders of the world.
- So then they started to have scenes, moving pictures from all around the world, from the great, you know, the, the wonders of the world.
- You your brain sees a moving picture or a screen full of light.
- We're learning how to study our brains and to, to take moving pictures of, of brains with magnetic fields.
Examples
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At the cinema, we watched a touching moving picture that made everyone cry.
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The Hollywood sign, a global symbol of moving pictures and entertainment.
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Does this magic box have moving pictures on it?
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But he loved moving pictures more than he loved anything.
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This is a moving picture!
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Organizers showed moving pictures on proper health.
Academic text (1994) -
I learned about it from American moving pictures, magazines, and schoolbooks.
Fiction book (1999) -
Arguably, the influence of moving pictures is so great that our fantasies do not end when the movie does.
Academic text (2014) -
But I'm fascinated most by the moving pictures.
Fiction book (1993) -
And so I headed off to colorful Kyogoku with its fabulous moving picture billboards.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
A story told with moving pictures on a screen
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1.0
A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen
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1.0
A recording of moving pictures used for entertainment or information
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7.7
A movie shown on a screen in a theatre or at home
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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
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8.1
A movie shown in a cinema or on screen
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2.5
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
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7.2
A film with recorded voices and music
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5.5
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
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9.9
An old word for a movie from the early days of film
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
How Cinematic
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2.6
40
2.8
8
3.5
- US
2
6.5
34
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a film or movie' is directly and compositionally derived from 'moving' (in motion) + 'picture' (an image), yielding a picture that moves. This literal combination follows common compounding patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Moving picture The name moving picture comes from early days when people showed many still drawings or photos very fast, so the flat images seemed to move. The phrase literally calls a picture that is moving, so today it means a 'film' or 'movie'.