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# film

noun (film, films); verb (film, films, filmed, filming)

«film» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A film is a movie, a story shown with moving pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m1)
2. To film is to record moving pictures with a camera. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m2)
3. Film is a thin layer, like plastic film or a film of oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m3)
4. Film is also the roll that old cameras used for photos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m4)

### In the lessons

maths: a movie with a length of time or tickets (length = end time − start time; cost = tickets × price); things counted; science: a thin film of oil on water; media: making a short film in class; everyday life: going to the cinema; safety: age ratings on films

### Examples

- The film lasts 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x1)
- They watched 3 films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x2)
- Tickets for the film cost $7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x3)
- The film starts at 4 and ends at 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x4)
- We filmed our class play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x5)
- Cover the bowl with plastic film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x6)
- There was a film of ice on the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x7)
- This film is for children over 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x8)
- Little by little a film covered his eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x9)

### Note

A word of the story; numbers are time or tickets. Trap: the length of a film can be found as end time minus start time. US English says «movie» more; British English says «film».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «film» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«film» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/film.html) on Mova free.