movie

mo-vie · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A story or event recorded by a camera as moving images and shown in a theater or on television.

  2. 2.

    The film industry collectively.

  3. 3.

    A showing of a film at a theater.

Forms

plural: movies

Related words

See also: cinema, film, movies
Synonyms: film, motion picture, picture

Etymology

Shortened from "moving picture," first used in American English in the early 20th century. The word became common as the film industry developed. "Movie" is predominantly American English; "film" is more common in British English.