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(mū'vē)
n.

1. 1. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
   2. 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.

[Shortening and alteration of MOVING PICTURE.]

A film-based or video-based motion picture. Major motion pictures are often shot on film and video at the same time. Directors often prefer the effect film delivers, but video enables instant playback. In order to be transmitted or distributed electronically, movies captured on film must be scanned into a digital video format. See camcorder and video formats.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; film.

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one. — Elvis Presley

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see Film.

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For a list of words related to movie, see:

• Movie People and Show Business - movie: motion picture

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Common misspelling(s) of movie

• movei

Dansk (Danish)
n. - (biograf)film

idioms:

• movie actor    skuespiller

Nederlands (Dutch)
film, bioscoop

Français (French)
n. - film

idioms:

• movie actor    acteur de cinéma

Deutsch (German)
n. - Film

idioms:

• movie actor    Filmschauspieler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κινηματογραφική ταινία, (πληθ.) σινεμά, κινηματογράφος

idioms:

• movie actor    ηθοποιός του κινηματογράφου

Italiano (Italian)
film

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filme (m)

Русский (Russian)
кинофильм

Español (Spanish)
n. - película, filme

idioms:

• movie actor    estrella de cine

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - biograf, spelfilm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
电影

idioms:

• movie actor    男电影演员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 電影

idioms:

• movie actor    男電影演員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영화[관]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 映画, 映画館, 映画産業

idioms:

• movie actor    映画俳優

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فلم, السينما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סרט, קולנוע (ארה"ב)‬

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