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[moo-vee] 
vi
–noun
| 1. | motion picture. |
| 2. | motion-picture theater (often prec. by the): The movie is next-door to the hardware store. |
| 3. | movies,
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motion picture
–noun
| 1. | a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement. |
| 2. | a play, event, or the like, presented in this form. |
| 3. | motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures. |
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| mov·ie (mōō'vē) n.
[Shortening and alteration of moving picture.] |
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Movie
Mov"ie\, n. A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used in pl. [Slang or Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : movie
Spanish:
películapelícula,
German:
der Film,
Japanese:
映画
movie
1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture (1896).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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