movie

noun mov·ie \ ˈmü-vē \

Definition of movie

1 :motion picture

2 movies plural :a showing of a motion picture

3 movies plural :the motion-picture medium or industry

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Examples of movie in a Sentence

He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies

Recent Examples of movie from the Web

YouTube Red is a subscription that gives you access to YouTube Red Original movies and series, a premium music service and an uninterrupted experience across YouTube.

— posted jim varsallone, miamiherald, "Kat Dennings, WWE Cena lend voices to “Dallas & Robo” on YouTube," 30 Aug. 2017
Falicia Blakely — a 34-year-old woman who is currently serving three life sentences for murdering three men by the age of 19 — has a story that will forever be immortalized by a riveting television movie.

— ashley stoney, Essence.com, "Who Is The Real Falicia Blakely? Here Are Six Things To Know," 29 Aug. 2017
See five movies for $25 with the Sunday Passport Sept. 3 to Nov. 12 at Marcus Theatres in Orland Park and Chicago Heights.

— vickie snow jurkowski, Daily Southtown, "Dates on a dime, or close to it," 25 Aug. 2017
Walt Disney Co. is harnessing all its media might to make the next Star Wars movie the biggest film of the year, employing augmented reality and social media in a global campaign to promote The Last Jedi and related merchandise.

— Bloomberg.com, "Disney Harnesses Media Might to Hype 'Star Wars' Film," 24 Aug. 2017
What the movies also acknowledge, though, are the capitalistic forces at play in all that: The press was doing the bidding of the public—a public with a voracious appetite for Diana, and in particular for pictures of her.

— megan garber, The Atlantic, "The Enduring Fictions of Princess Diana," 24 Aug. 2017
At her new crib, BadGal RiRi will have a movie theater, full gym, billiard room—and that's just indoors.

— erica gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Rihanna Has Reportedly Bought a $7 Million Hollywood Mansion," 24 Aug. 2017
This weekly event at the ArtsPark at Young Circle in downtown Hollywood features a DJ, bounce houses, games, arts and crafts and face painting from 5 to 8 p.m., with a movie at 8 p.m. Young Circle is at US-1 and Hollywood Boulevard.

— jennifer jhon, South Florida Parenting, "What to do with the kids this weekend: World fest, free parks, open houses," 23 Aug. 2017
He's averaged a 42 percent Rotten Tomatoes review score in his last 11 movies.

— dave holmes, Esquire, "Mark Wahlberg Became the Highest Paid Actor in Hollywood By Making the Worst Movies of His Career," 22 Aug. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of movie

moving picture

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First Known Use: 1909

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movie Synonyms

Synonyms

film, flick, flicker, motion picture, moving picture, picture

Related Words

animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject; silent, talkie; B movie, B picture, cofeature

Other Pictures (on film) Terms

daguerreotype, emulsion, fill, sepia, still, stop

MOVIE Defined for English Language Learners

movie

noun

Definition of movie for English Language Learners

: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television
the movies : a showing of a movie in a theater; also : a movie theater
: the business of making movies : the film industry