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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
  2. noun a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

Etymology

Clipping of picture.

In classic literature

Synonyms

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

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