FILM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of film in English

(Definition of film from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of film from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of film

film
Since the beginning of film, viewers have witnessed iconic imagery that would stay with them for the rest of their lives.
He'll be scoring the film but has yet to start.
For people looking for solutions, the film is not a place to find them -- and that's intentional.
We don't want to make it just like a webisode that's filling in the gap between the films.
So many people were champing to see the film that the first weekend's numbers were massive--and the second weekend's inevitably much smaller.
He's such a big part of her history that he informs who she is in this film, in a big way.
This film was a secret for a really long time.
It is a film with no super natural heroes, though with many very real ones.
We were the first live-action film to bring these delicate cameras, all these rigs and things, into these remote locations.
The wordless, immersive film is a unique experience.
The core of what we are doing is watching film.
We like to think of our film as a character study about the human experience.
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Collocations with film

film

These are words often used in combination with film.

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acclaimed film
It was adapted for a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name two years later.
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amateur film
If the cinema ceased to be important, the amateur film movement would suffer gravely.
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animated film
This short computer animated film creates a clever narrative around percussion instrument 'characters' and playing in and out of time.
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Translations of film

in Chinese (Traditional)
活動圖像, 電影, 影片…
in Chinese (Simplified)
活动图像, 电影, 影片…
in Spanish
película, grabar, filmar…
in Portuguese
filme, película, camada fina…
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चित्रपट, सिनेमा, थर…
映画, フィルム, ~を撮影する…
film, fotoğraf filmi, ince tabaka…
filmer, tourner, film [masculine]…
pel·lícula, rodet, filmar…
film, laagje, verfilmen…
தொடர்ந்து நகரும் படங்கள், பொதுவாக ஒரு சினிமாவில் அல்லது தொலைக்காட்சியில் காட்டப்படுகின்றன மற்றும் பெரும்பாலும் ஒரு கதையைச் சொல்கின்றன, ஒரு மேற்பரப்பில் ஏதோ ஒன்றின் மெல்லிய அடுக்கு…
फिल्म, चलचित्र, परत…
ચલચિત્ર, પાતળો થર, પાતળું પડ…
film, film-, hinde…
film, hinna, tunt skikt…
filem, lapisan, membuat filem…
der Film, Film-…, dünne Schicht…
filme, film [masculine], filmbransje [masculine]…
فلم, پتلی سی پرت, فلم بندی کرنا…
плівка, фільм, тонка оболонка…
фильм, фотопленка, кинопленка…
ఉపరితలంపై ఏదో సన్నని పొర, చిత్రం, కెమెరాతో కదిలే చిత్రాలను రికార్డ్ చేయడానికి…
فِلم, يُصَوّر فِلما…
চলচ্চিত্র, ছায়াছবি, চলমান ছবির একটি সিরিজ…
film, filmový, povlak…
film, lapisan, membuat film…
เยื่อบาง ๆ, ภาพยนตร์, คราบ…
phim, bộ phim, màng…
film, warstwa, powłoka…
영화, 필름, 영화를 찍다…
film, pellicola, filmare…
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