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# movie

noun (movie, movies)

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

## Everyday

1. A movie is a story told with moving pictures, watched on a screen; in the UK it is often called a film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#m1)
2. «The movies» means the cinema, the place where you watch films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#m2)

### In the lessons

a thing counted (movies watched, books read) or an event with tickets; a movie's length is a time in minutes; phrases «go to the movies», «watch a movie», «movie night», «movie theater»

### Examples

- There are 17 movies and 11 books in the series. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x1)
- She watched 7 movies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x2)
- How many more movies than books are there? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x3)
- A movie ticket costs 8 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x4)
- We had a movie night with popcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x5)
- The movie lasted 2 hours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x6)
- Let's go to the movies on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x7)
- The movie was based on a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x8)
- If the movie starts at 6:15 and lasts 95 minutes, when does it end? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x9)
- My favorite movie is about a dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x10)

### Note

A thing counted, often next to books. Trap: «movies watched» vs «movies still to watch» are parts of the total. «Movie» is American; «film» and «cinema» are used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Movies have age ratings (G, PG) that tell which ages they suit.

## On Mova

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