movie
movie Lexical Profile
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• noun
North American A recording of moving images, usually accompanied by sound, that tells a story or documents real events and is shown on a screen or at a cinema.
"We bought popcorn and drinks before the movie started."
North American A cinema or theater where films are shown to an audience (typically used in the plural with 'the').
"They decided to go to the movies on their first date."
North American The motion picture industry or the medium of film as a whole (typically used in the plural).
"She moved to Los Angeles with aspirations of making it in the movies."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'movie' is the ubiquitous term in North American English, 'film' is traditionally favored in British English or when referring to motion pictures as a serious art form.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in American English around 1908 to 1912 as an informal colloquial shortening of the phrase 'moving picture'.
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