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- [moo-vee]
- /ˈmu vi/
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- [moo-vee]
- /ˈmu vi/
Definitions of movie word
- noun movie motion picture. 1
- noun movie motion-picture theater (often preceded by the): The movie is next-door to the hardware store. 1
- noun movie movies. motion pictures, as an industry (usually preceded by the): The movies have had to raise prices. motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment: gangster movies. the exhibition of a motion pictures: an evening at the movies. 1
- noun movie A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture. 1
- noun movie film: piece of cinema entertainment 1
- noun movie theatre 1
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Origin of movie
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; mov(ing picture) + -ie
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Movie
noun
adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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movie popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
movie usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for movie
noun movie
- flick — a motion picture.
- picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- cinema — A cinema is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment.
- feature — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
adjective movie
- audiovisual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- video — a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: Let's stay at home and watch a video. She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps. I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
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