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# film

«film» in Mova's school dictionary: **a movie, a story shown with moving pictures** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (film, films); verb (film, films, filmed, filming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A film is a movie, a story shown with moving pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m1)

2) To film is to record moving pictures with a camera. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m2)

3) Film is a thin layer, like plastic film or a film of oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m3)

4) Film is also the roll that old cameras used for photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a movie with a length of time or tickets (length = end time − start time; cost = tickets × price); things counted; science: a thin film of oil on water; media: making a short film in class; everyday life: going to the cinema; safety: age ratings on films

### examples

- The film lasts 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x1)
- They watched 3 films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x2)
- Tickets for the film cost $7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x3)
- The film starts at 4 and ends at 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x4)
- We filmed our class play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x5)
- Cover the bowl with plastic film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x6)
- There was a film of ice on the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x7)
- This film is for children over 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x8)
- Little by little a film covered his eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/#x9)

### note

A word of the story; numbers are time or tickets. Trap: the length of a film can be found as end time minus start time. US English says «movie» more; British English says «film».

### In the corpora

- [Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/15/)
- [At the bottom are the facts: dates, official statements from the Palace, things filmed for everyone to see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/3/)
- [Until the film makers announce it, who plays James Bond is only guessing by fans and betting sites.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/19/)
- [You do not have to feel sad about a famous person you never knew; the people laying flowers knew their songs or films.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/19/)
- [Stars go on chat shows mainly to promote a new film, book or tour, and their funny stories are often practised beforehand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «film» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/film/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.