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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mov•ie /ˈmuvi/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Show Businessmotion picture:They stayed up to watch a late-night movie.
- Show BusinessUsually, the movies. [plural] a motion-picture theater:We went to the movies last night.
- Show Business the movies, [plural] the business of making motion pictures;
the motion-picture industry:a producer who made his fortune in the movies.
See -mov-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mov•ie (mo̅o̅′vē),USA pronunciation n. - Show BusinessSee motion picture.
- Show Businessmotion-picture theater (often prec. by the):The movie is next-door to the hardware store.
- Show Businessmovies:
- motion pictures, as an industry (usually prec. by the):The movies have had to raise prices.
- motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment:gangster movies.
- the exhibition of a motion picture:an evening at the movies.
- mov(ing picture) + -ie 1905–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: movie /ˈmuːvɪ/ n - an informal word for film
- (as modifier): movie ticket
Etymology: 20th Century: from mov( ing picture) + -ie |