n.

1. 1. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
   2. A connected cinematic narrative represented in this form.
2. A showing of a movie. Often used in the plural: During the movie, the person in front of me kept talking. Would you like to go to the movies tonight?
3. movies The movie industry.

[Shortening and alteration of MOVING PICTURE.]

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IN BRIEF: n. - A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; film.

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one. — Elvis Presley

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Common misspelling(s) of movie

• movei

Dansk (Danish)
n. - (biograf)film

idioms:

• movie actor    skuespiller

Nederlands (Dutch)
film, bioscoop

Français (French)
n. - film

idioms:

• movie actor    acteur de cinéma

Deutsch (German)
n. - Film

idioms:

• movie actor    Filmschauspieler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κινηματογραφική ταινία, (πληθ.) σινεμά, κινηματογράφος

idioms:

• movie actor    ηθοποιός του κινηματογράφου

Italiano (Italian)
film

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filme (m)

Русский (Russian)
кинофильм

Español (Spanish)
n. - película, filme

idioms:

• movie actor    estrella de cine

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - biograf, spelfilm

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
电影

idioms:

• movie actor    男电影演员

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 電影

idioms:

• movie actor    男電影演員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 영화[관]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 映画, 映画館, 映画産業

idioms:

• movie actor    映画俳優

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فلم, السينما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סרט, קולנוע (ארה"ב)‬

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movie	Movie Posters
Indian Movie	Godzilla Movie