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
Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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No casting decisions have been announced, nor have producers revealed when the next Bond movie will be released.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
Which isn’t to say the company wouldn’t release a Bond movie in theaters — keeping Bond exclusive to Prime Video seems very unlikely, though not impossible.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
The Hindi film scored $2.2 million in the US alone, becoming ninth-highest scoring movie in the US over the weekend.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Though there has been a character bible circulating around the studio and a few informal meetings with potential creative talent, shooting on a new movie is at least a year away.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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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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