1
: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture
watched a movie after dinner
a movie about the Civil War
an action movie
2
movies plural
: a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater
went to the movies last Friday
also
: a theater that shows movies
What's playing at the movies?
3
movies plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture medium or industry
Synonyms
Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
Recent Examples on the Web
The spot began with Deadpool telling Wolverine about his theories for Secret Wars, a reference to Marvel Studios’ upcoming crossover movie, Avengers: Secret Wars.
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Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
About halfway through, Blunt showed up to scold Gosling for living in the past and not doing enough to promote their upcoming movie together, The Fall Guy.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
The abrupt cut-away from the broadcast had some X users comparing to the infamous moment in 1968 when NBC jumped from a nail-biter New York Jets/Oakland Raiders football game to switch to children’s movie Heidi.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
To pay the legal costs, her father, Thell Reed, a longtime movie armorer, started a GoFundMe campaign.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
What to expect Cine Capri created iconic movie experience in metro Phoenix.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The story is set in a movie theatre in 1909, where the narrator views a silent film.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As for Downey, his various guises include everything from a CIA agent to a crazed movie director, a device that proves every bit as gimmicky, and for the most part unnecessary, as that sounds.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Pettyfer's first major film role was in the 2006 teenage spy movie Stormbreaker.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2024
Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
About halfway through, Blunt showed up to scold Gosling for living in the past and not doing enough to promote their upcoming movie together, The Fall Guy.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
The abrupt cut-away from the broadcast had some X users comparing to the infamous moment in 1968 when NBC jumped from a nail-biter New York Jets/Oakland Raiders football game to switch to children’s movie Heidi.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
To pay the legal costs, her father, Thell Reed, a longtime movie armorer, started a GoFundMe campaign.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
What to expect Cine Capri created iconic movie experience in metro Phoenix.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
The story is set in a movie theatre in 1909, where the narrator views a silent film.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
As for Downey, his various guises include everything from a CIA agent to a crazed movie director, a device that proves every bit as gimmicky, and for the most part unnecessary, as that sounds.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
Pettyfer's first major film role was in the 2006 teenage spy movie Stormbreaker.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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movie
noun
mov·ie
ˈmü-vē 
2
a
: a story represented in motion pictures
b
pl : a showing of a movie
went to the movies yesterday
3
plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture industry
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