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mov·ie

movie

 
 
pronunciation:
mu vi
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: A movie is something you watch and listen to. It tells stories or teaches us things. Like a book, a movie can be exciting, funny, happy, or sad. A movie is made up of many pictures or patterns of light that change quickly and make us believe that the things and people we are seeing are really moving.
My sister likes to watch scary movies, but I would rather watch funny movies.
 
similar words:
picture
definition 2: When we talk about "going to the movies," we mean going to a theater where they show movies or going to a showing of a movie at a theater.
Let's go to the movies this weekend. There are a lot of good things to see.
similar words:
cinema
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