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
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Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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The 16-title competition will feature standout movies from the Arab region, Asia and Africa.
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
European movies actually account for more than half (52 percent) of the total films in circulation globally, the group said.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
The hotel is situated halfway up the historic Via Veneto in the shade of its giant sycamore trees—they’re practically saplings in La Dolce Vita, the Fellini movie that put this Roman street on the global map in the 1960s.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
The actor has done his share of holiday movies, as well, starring in the ABC Family Original movie Christmas Cupid and the Hallmark Christmas movies Five Cards for Christmas, Write Before Christmas, Too Close for Christmas, and Love in Winterland.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2024
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Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
European movies actually account for more than half (52 percent) of the total films in circulation globally, the group said.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
The hotel is situated halfway up the historic Via Veneto in the shade of its giant sycamore trees—they’re practically saplings in La Dolce Vita, the Fellini movie that put this Roman street on the global map in the 1960s.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
The actor has done his share of holiday movies, as well, starring in the ABC Family Original movie Christmas Cupid and the Hallmark Christmas movies Five Cards for Christmas, Write Before Christmas, Too Close for Christmas, and Love in Winterland.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 3 Dec. 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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