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# movie

«movie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a story told with moving pictures, watched on a screen…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (movie, movies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A movie is a story told with moving pictures, watched on a screen; in the UK it is often called a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#m1)

2) «The movies» means the cinema, the place where you watch films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted (movies watched, books read) or an event with tickets; a movie's length is a time in minutes; phrases «go to the movies», «watch a movie», «movie night», «movie theater»

### examples

- There are 17 movies and 11 books in the series. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x1)
- She watched 7 movies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x2)
- How many more movies than books are there? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x3)
- A movie ticket costs 8 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x4)
- We had a movie night with popcorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x5)
- The movie lasted 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x6)
- Let's go to the movies on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x7)
- The movie was based on a book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x8)
- If the movie starts at 6:15 and lasts 95 minutes, when does it end? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x9)
- My favorite movie is about a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/movie/#x10)

### note

A thing counted, often next to books. Trap: «movies watched» vs «movies still to watch» are parts of the total. «Movie» is American; «film» and «cinema» are used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Movies have age ratings (G, PG) that tell which ages they suit.

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: in a living room in Brisbane it is movie night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/4/)
- [A family rota, where each person chooses the film in turn, makes movie night fair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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