motion picture

noun

Definition of motion picture

1 : a series of pictures projected on a screen in rapid succession with objects shown in successive positions slightly changed so as to produce the optical effect of a continuous picture in which the objects move

2 : a representation (as of a story) by means of motion pictures : movie

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He was given a starring role in a major motion picture. a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture

Recent Examples on the Web The ballad, quite possibly her finest song, won best song written specifically for a motion picture or for television. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 July 2022 There's a precedent, too: the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) recognize the best ensemble in both drama and comedy, and the best cast in a motion picture, at their annual awards. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 14 July 2022 The film follows a movie star (Kelly) who must choose between the love of his life and career-making role in a major motion picture. — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022 Stern, one of Stewart’s comedy mentors, was on hand to promote his new memoir, Private Parts, soon to be a major motion picture also starring Howard Stern. — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2022 Tim Federle’s beloved book, an ode to the theater kid in all of us, is soon to be a major motion picture starring everyone’s favorite friend Lisa Kudrow, actual Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz, and Gen Z heartbreaker Joshua Bassett. — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2022 Wisconsin's motion picture and sound recording subsector reported a nearly 70% job decline in April 2020 over the preceding April. — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022 Thorisdottir is nominated for a Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award for best contemporary makeup in a feature-length motion picture. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022 Viertel, by contrast, was known to few outside the contentious and tight-knit community of intellectual and artistic émigrés who fled the Nazis for Los Angeles in the hope of finding work in the motion picture industry. — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022 See More

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motion picture

noun

Kids Definition of motion picture

1 : a series of pictures projected on a screen rapidly one after another so as to give the appearance of a continuous picture in which the objects move

2 : movie sense 1