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Word movie
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈmuːvi / NAmE / ˈmuːvi /
Example
  • to make a horror movie
  • have you seen the latest miyazaki movie?
  • a famous movie director/star
  • let's go to the movies.
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movie

(noun)BrE / ˈmuːvi / NAmE / ˈmuːvi /
  1. a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, shown at the cinema/movie theater
    • synonym film
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/film_1
    • to make a horror movie
    • Have you seen the latest Miyazaki movie?
    • a famous movie director/star
    • = the cinema
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cinema
    • Let's go to the movies.
    • = cinema (3)
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cinema
    • I've always wanted to work in the movies.

    Extra Examples

    • Her father played all the old home movies.
    • I’d never go to a movie alone.
    • Johnson really steals this movie as Cassius.
    • Liz paused the movie and walked over to the phone.
    • The former footballer is now mixing with movie people in Hollywood.
    • The movie contains a lengthy car chase through the streets of Paris.
    • The movie follows their lives on a small Arkansas farm.
    • The movie is set in a New England school.
    • The movie opens with a quote from the Buddha.
    • We watched a home movie of my second birthday party.
    • We’re having a movie night with pizza and beer.
    • a movie about the life of Castro
    • a movie based on the novel by Betty Munn
    • a movie entitled ‘Short Legs’
    • an excellent actor who could easily carry the movie all on his own
    • the movie rights to her autobiography
    • the movie version of the well-known novel
    • Have you seen the latest Tarantino movie?
    • a famous movie director/star
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