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MOVIE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Example:
the film was shot on location
Synonyms:
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("movie" is a kind of...):
product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)
show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
Meronyms (parts of "movie"):
episode; sequence (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)
caption; subtitle (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))
scene; shot (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film)
Domain member category:
dub (provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language)
synchronise; synchronize (make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action)
film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)
tape; videotape (record on videotape)
reshoot (shoot again)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "movie"):
musical; musical comedy; musical theater (a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing)
3-D; 3D; three-D (a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance)
talkie; talking picture (a movie with synchronized speech and singing)
slow motion (a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate)
silent movie; silent picture; silents (a movie without a soundtrack)
rough cut (the first print of a movie after preliminary editing)
skin flick (a pornographic movie)
film noir (a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters)
cinema verite (a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director)
docudrama; documentary; documentary film; infotainment (a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event)
short subject (a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature)
shoot-'em-up (a movie featuring shooting and violence)
coming attraction (a movie that is advertised to draw customers)
collage film (a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage)
home movie (a film made at home by an amateur photographer)
final cut (the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer)
feature; feature film (the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater)
telefilm (a movie that is made to be shown on television)
Context examples:
The common depiction of these animals in cartoons and movies and as toys has led to what the authors call virtual populations — people believe the animals are not at risk of extinction in the wild because they appear to be everywhere.
(Study: Popularity of Wildlife Can Harm Public's Perception, VOA)
However, the median number of trigger pulls among children who saw the movie containing guns was 2.8 trigger pulls compared with 0.01 trigger pulls among children who saw the movie not containing guns.
(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
But the movie, which uses a sequence of 36 interpolated images each separated by 20 minutes, certainly provides a truly stunning 360-degree preview of the overall complex shape of the comet.
(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)
Alternatively, you may be working on a documentary movie or editing a high-profile novel that will soon be on the market.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The type of movie clip (containing guns or not containing guns) did not influence whether children found the gun or handled it, according to the results.
(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Although less obvious in the 'real' image, the movie of interpolated images supports the presence of two definite components.
(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)
You may be chosen to be the actor to appear as the star of the show or to do a masterful voiceover for a children’s movie (Leo is associated with little munchkins).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Analyses suggest children who saw the movie containing guns also played more aggressively and sometimes fired the gun at people.
(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
You may attend an industry event, such as a black-tie award show, debut screening of a movie, or a very special concert that is impossible to get tickets to—but you did.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Scenes in the movies showing guns were edited out for the no-gun version but the action and narrative of the film were not altered.
(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
