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Grammar : Noun
Spell : moo-vee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu vi

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Définition of movie

Origin :
  • 1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture in the cinematographic sense (1896). As an adjective from 1913. Movie star attested from 1913. Another early name for it was photoplay.
  • noun presentation of action on continuous film
Example sentences :
  • There is always some stray silver in the bead bag of a movie patron.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • I tried to lure my landlady out to a movie, but she thriftily refused.
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • When Arnold Hatch asked her to go to a movie she shook her head, usually.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • Which was just where, like most movie uncles, he overdid the part.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Now if this was a movie play we was dopin' out it would be simple.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • "Don't forget the poker fiends and the movie fans," I puts in.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • And to think that I really became a movie actress, after all!
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays » by Laura Lee Hope
  • "Told the agent to take the car and give 'em a pass to a movie," Boyd said.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • The movie satirizes the human being's relation to food and technology.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • And I was to have had a ride this afternoon—and ice cream—and maybe a movie.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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