Word

movie, n.
(movies)
freq. cnt. 26

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3

film flick motion picture motion-picture show movie moving picture moving-picture show pic picture picture show

sample sentences

"they went to a movie every Saturday night"
"the film was shot on location"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

film film

semantic pointers

hypernym

product, production show

part meronym

sequence, episode credit subtitle, caption credits scene, shot

hyponym

telefilm feature, feature film final cut home movie collage film coming attraction shoot-'em-up short subject documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment cinema verite film noir skin flick rough cut silent movie, silent picture, silents slow motion talking picture, talkie three-D, 3-D, 3D musical comedy, musical, musical theater

member of this domain (topic)

dub synchronize, synchronise take, shoot, film videotape, tape reshoot