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movie

[ moo-vee ]

noun

  1. a sequence of consecutive still images recorded in a series to be viewed on a screen in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement; motion picture.
  2. a story, event, or the like, presented in this form.
  3. movies,
    1. Usually the movies. the movie industry:

      The movies use MPA ratings to inform patrons about content that may not be suitable for certain audiences.

    2. all movies as a group, or a specific category of movies, considered as a genre:

      gangster movies.

    3. the exhibition of movies:

      an evening at the movies.

    4. Often the movies. a movie theater:

      Is there anything good playing at the movies on Main Street?



movie

/ ˈːɪ /

noun

    1. an informal word for film
    2. ( as modifier )

      movie ticket

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of movie1

First recorded in 1905–10; mov(ing picture) + -ie
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of movie1

C20: from mov ( ing picture ) + -ie
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These are movies designed to be a good time at the expense of the audience’s sanity.

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“The content itself can change, such as a movie poster being swapped out, so long as I choose a vintage-style movie poster.”

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To call “April” an abortion drama is accurate and yet that description only barely brushes against this movie’s blending and subversion of genres.

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Ideally, we like to watch movies in a state of willful ignorance regarding their making, even if the whole machinery of selling and promoting a movie seems to defy that.

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Jean Luc-Godard once said he could have dissolved from that movie’s final shot to the opening of his “Breathless” with a simple transitional text: “Three years later.”

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