moviegoingn.
/ˈmuːvɪˌɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmuviˌɡoʊɪŋ/ The habit or practice of going to the cinema.
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1931 Fortune Aug. 41/3 Spring and fall Saturdays, a time when girls are particularly in danger of movie-going, she usually gets them out to the athletic fields in Westchester.
1958 J. Baldwin in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 284 A lifetime of moviegoing behind her.
1999 Empire Nov. 52/1 So popular has moviegoing been this summer that box office takings are up a whopping 20 per cent on last year.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
moviegoingadj.
/ˈmuːvɪˌɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmuviˌɡoʊɪŋ/ Designating a person who goes to the cinema, esp. regularly.
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1922 Life 31 Aug. 28/1 Mr. Lloyd is becoming one of the leaders in the directorial field, and the movie-going population can look forward hopefully to his production of ‘Oliver Twist’.
1946 A. Warren in W. S. Knickerbocker 20th Cent. Eng. iii. 312 His conclusions..reassure the parents of movie-going children.
1994 Queen's Q. Fall 669 Hollywood's most off-beat summer offering..still holds a great deal of appeal for the movie-going public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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