Meaning of movie in English

movie

noun

/ˈmuː.vi/ uk

/ˈmuː.vi/

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A1 [ C ] mainly US

(UK usually film)

a film shown in a theater or on television and often telling a story:

My favorite movie is "Casablanca."

the movies [ plural ] mainly US

(UK the cinema)

a movie theater or group of movie theaters:

What's on/showing at the movies this week?

Do you want to go to the movies tonight?

(UK cinema)

the business of making movies:

She has worked in the movies all her life.

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The movie won Oscars for best costumes and best screenplay in this year's awards.
The new Spielberg movie comes out in August.
I thought we might get something to eat and then go to see a movie.
I don't much like cowboy movies.
This movie is a masterpiece of cinematography.

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

movie | Intermediate English

movie

noun [ C ]

/ˈmu·vi/

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a series of moving pictures, often telling a story, usually shown in a theater or on television; film

A movie theater is a building in which movies are shown.

(Definition of movie from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of movie

movie

Will this play into the movie in some way?

From WIRED

He writes about movies in his blog for newyorker.com.

From The New Yorker

Movie rights for her work have been optioned, and the publishing companies that once rejected her came back around.

From NPR

It is not really a war movie, although it takes place during a war.

From International Business Times

Although it's a true story, it's a movie.

From NPR

But what if the movie itself is no good?

From Huffington Post

You'll have to see the movie to see how and why he's a part of it.

From CBS Local

The movie shows very nicely how my mind thinks in pictures.

From OregonLive.com

The first public screening of a movie was in 1895.

From CNN

There are two ways that it now looks different -- and, if anything, they're both examples of how a movie can age almost karmically well.

From CNN

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