movie

noun

ˈmü-vē How to pronounce movie (audio)
Definition of movienext
1
as in film
a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie

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2
as in filmmaking
movies plural the art or business of making a movie many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies

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Recent Examples of movie Also in the episode, Questlove offers a preview of his next movie, a documentary about the legendary band Earth, Wind and Fire. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025 Yakuza League anime movie released next week, we’ve been treated to a fun new parody trailer. — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 Photo shoots had craft service on the scale of movie sets’, and reporting coffers ran deep. — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025 And also cast availability, where this is the main project for all three of those actors, even if ones like Gomez dip out for a movie ever so often. — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for movie
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  1. film
  2. filmmaking
  3. documentary
Noun
  • Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris (Martin Henderson), Hall and Fischer, as well as clients Doug Hansen (John Hawkes) and Yasuko Namba (Naoko Mori).
    — Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • For those who are too young to recall, the film, written and directed by Spike Jonze, portrays a future in which people fall deeply in love with A.I.s that are conveyed as voices through their devices.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of film
Noun
  • From the very beginnings of filmmaking, with Charlie Chaplin finding fame during the silent era through the use of miming, cinema has relied on more than just sound.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Such technological leaps have elevated deep-sea documentary filmmaking to extraordinary heights—or depths—with documentaries like BBC’s Blue Planet (2001) and Blue Planet II (2017), establishing new standards for underwater cinematography.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of filmmaking
Noun
  • The festival’s diverse lineup included 39 narrative features, 16 documentary features, and 38 short films.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In recent years, Foreman had been involved with numerous documentary projects about his life, boxing and the era of his greatest fame.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of documentary

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