1
: a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture
watched a movie after dinner
a movie about the Civil War
an action movie
2
movies plural
: a showing of a motion picture especially in a theater
went to the movies last Friday
also
: a theater that shows movies
What's playing at the movies?
3
movies plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture medium or industry
Examples of movie in a Sentence
He wants to work in the movies.
a career in the movies
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Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Bills quarterback Josh Allen signed a deal with the company earlier this month, per the Hollywood Reporter.
Chiefs fans and others had all kinds of funny jokes about the Bills movie coming out after the Kansas City version.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2025
Each episode in Season 3 has felt like a movie, with many stretching out to 70+ minutes.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On March 25, Deadline reported that Kiss of the Spider Woman, a movie musical that Damon and Affleck produced and Lopez stars in, expects to release in the fall after premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Movie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movie. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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movie
noun
mov·ie
ˈmü-vē 
2
a
: a story represented in motion pictures
b
pl : a showing of a movie
went to the movies yesterday
3
plural
: the business of making movies : the motion-picture industry
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