movie
pronunciation
How to pronounce movie in British English:
UK [ˈmuːvi]
How to pronounce movie in American English:
US [ˈmuːvi]
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- Noun:
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Word Origin
- movie (n.)
- 1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture in the cinematographic sense (1896). As an adjective from 1913. Movie star attested from 1913. Another early name for it was photoplay.
Example
- 1. Davis smokes all through the movie .
- 2. I also like almost every movie he starred in .
- 3. Or do you just like a good movie marathon ?
- 4. I 'm thinking a movie with an a-list hollywood star at the top of his game .
- 5. Forty years later , uniform pricing is uniform practice for movie theaters .