noun
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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they went to a movie every Saturday night
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the film was shot on location
• Syn:
↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture, ↑moving-picture show, ↑motion picture, ↑motion-picture show, ↑pic, ↑flick
• Members of this Topic:
• Hypernyms: ↑show, ↑product, ↑production
• Hyponyms:
↑telefilm, ↑feature, ↑feature film, ↑final cut, ↑home movie, ↑collage film, ↑coming attraction, ↑shoot-'em-up, ↑short subject, ↑documentary, ↑docudrama, ↑documentary film, ↑infotainment, ↑cinema verite, ↑film noir, ↑skin flick, ↑rough cut, ↑silent movie, ↑silent picture, ↑silents, ↑slow motion, ↑talking picture, ↑talkie, ↑three-D, ↑3-D, ↑3D, ↑musical, ↑musical comedy, ↑musical theater
• Part Meronyms:
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noun1. : an exhibition of paintings
2. : motion picture
3. : a motion-picture theater
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Older Use.
1. See motion picture.
2. a motion-picture theater.
[1865-70, in sense "exhibition of pictures"; 1910-15 for current senses]
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picture show,
U.S. Informal.
1. a motion picture.
2. a motion-picture theater.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.