movie

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Etymology

From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.

In classic literature

Synonyms

film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

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