1
: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture
watched a movie after dinner
a movie about the Civil War
an action movie
2
movies plural
: a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater
went to the movies last Friday
also
: a theater that shows movies
What's playing at the movies?
3
movies plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture medium or industry
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Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
But because this is a horror movie, there are, of course, more immediate existential threats lurking behind doors one and two.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
But even for him, the prospect of holding the AFM, the world’s biggest independent movie bazaar, in Las Vegas on the day of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election seems a bit much.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Seeing a movie at a theatre is another way to stay away from your phone and hopefully become engaged in something that isn’t the election.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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movie
noun
mov·ie
ˈmü-vē 
2
a
: a story represented in motion pictures
b
pl : a showing of a movie
went to the movies yesterday
3
plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture industry
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