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☆ movie (mo̵̅o̅′vē)

noun

  1. film ()
  2. a showing of a film, as in a theater I'm going to a movie tonight

Etymology: contr. < moving picture

movie Idioms

the movies

  1. the film industry
  2. a showing of a film

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movie Synonyms

movie

modif.

screen, cinematic, filmic, motion, sound, picture, photographic.


movie

n.

motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, cinema, film, show, screenplay, video, talking picture, silent picture, photodrama, cinematograph, cartoon, animated cartoon, serial, comedy, foreign film, travelogue, short, documentary, videotape, talkie*, flick*, flicker*; see also drama, entertainment 2.


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movie Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • watch: Please click here to watch a short movie about the new girls building.

Adjective modifier

  • animated: Disney Cinemagic is a new premium channel brand, offering family programming featuring classic Disney animated movies.

Modifies a noun

  • trailer: Dawn of the Dead movie trailer review pics pictures poster news DVD at The Z Review.. .

Noun used with modifier

  • horror: In the early 1970's Last House changed the nature of the horror movie.
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movie quotes

California's power to cloud men's minds must never be Baldwin forgot.Under its spell we submitted foreight yearstothe governance of Ronald Reagan, who had trouble distinguishing history from old movie plots.

-Baker, Russell Wayne

The movie-makers are able to put more reality into a picture about theterrors of life at the ocean bottom than into a tale of two Milwaukeeans in love.

-Hecht, Ben

The action movie in the1980s became like what the silent movie used to be. The same movie could be seen in Los Angeles and Taiwanand Hong Kong and youdidn't need subtitles because everybody understands Bruce Willis blowing things up in a torn vest.

-Jordan, Neil

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