movie (redirected from movies)

mov·ie  (mv)

n.

1.

a. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.

b. A connected cinematic narrative represented in this form.

2. A showing of a movie. Often used in the plural: During the movie, the person in front of me kept talking. Would you like to go to the movies tonight?

3. movies The movie industry.

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[Shortening and alteration of moving picture.]

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movie [ˈmuːvɪ]

n

(Performing Arts)

a.  an informal word for film [1]

b.  (as modifier) movie ticket

[from mov(ing picture) + -ie]

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movie

• art movie - A movie intended to be an artistic work rather than a commercial movie of mass appeal.
• longueurs - Boring periods of time or parts of a book, play, music, or movie are longueurs.
• horse opera - A slang term for a western (movie).
• vamp - Theda Bara's performance in the movie The Vampire brought us this word, meaning "seductive woman."

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

movie - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" motion picture, motion-picture show, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film" subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film feature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" skin flick - a pornographic movie rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing 3-D, 3D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" videotape, tape - record on videotape reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"

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movie

noun film, picture, feature, flick (slang), motion picture, moving picture (U.S.) That was the first movie he ever made.

the movies the cinema, a film, the pictures (informal), the flicks (slang), the silver screen (informal) He took her to the movies.

Translations

movie [ˈmuːvɪ] (esp US)

A. N → película f, film(e) m
the movies → el cine
to go to the movies → ir al cine

B. CPD movie camera N → cámara f cinematográfica
movie house N = movie theatre the movie industry N → la industria cinematográfica
movie star N → estrella f de cine
movie theatre N → cine m

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movie [ˈmuːvi] n → film m
the movies → le cinéma
Let's go to the movies! → Si on allait au cinéma?
movie camera n → caméra f

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movie

n (esp US) → Film m; (the) movies → der Film; to go to the movies → ins Kino gehen

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movie (esp US) in cpds → Film-;

movie camera

n → Filmkamera f

moviegoer

n → Kinogänger(in) m(f)

movie house

n → Kino nt, → Filmtheater nt

movie star

n → Filmstar m

movie theater

n → Kino nt

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movie [ˈmuːvɪ] (esp Am)

1. n → film m inv
to go to the movies → andare al cinema

2. adj (star) → del cinema; (industry) → cinematografico/a

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movie move

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movie → فيلم film film Film ταινία película elokuva film film film 映画 영화 film film film filme пленка, фильм film ภาพยนต์, ภาพยนตร์ film phim 电影