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- DictionaryMov·ie/ˈmo͞ovē/
noun
- 1. a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture: North American "a movie star"
A film – also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick – is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Movie definition: 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. . See examples of MOVIE used in a sentence.
A film, also called a movie or a motion picture, is a series of still photographs on film projected onto a screen using light in rapid succession. The optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement.
1. a. A recorded sequence of film or video images displayed on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity. b. Any work, as of art or entertainment, having this form, usually including a soundtrack: a movie about the cost of war. c.
movie. [countable] a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, watched at a movie theater or on a television or other device synonym film. You'll love this movie. Let's watch a movie tonight.
A movie is a film that you watch at a theater or at home on your TV, laptop, or tablet. Movie is short for "moving picture," which was pretty exciting in the late 1800s. You can rave about your favorite movie — whether it's "Citizen Kane" or "The Lion King" — and you can also talk about "the movies ," or films in general and the industry ...
MOVIE meaning: 1 : a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television often used before another noun; 2 : a showing of a movie in a theater.
