movie

The definition of a movie is a motion picture or film produced for entertainment that tells a story.

(noun)

The Wizard of Oz is an example of a movie.

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See movie in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: contr. < moving picture

See movie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
    b. A connected cinematic narrative represented in this form.
  2. A showing of a movie. Often used in the plural: During the movie, the person in front of me kept talking. Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
  3. movies The movie industry.

Origin:

Origin: Shortening and alteration of moving picture

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