movie

movie
mov|ie
W2S2 [ˈmu:vi] n especially AmE
1.) a film made to be shown at the cinema or on television
▪ Do you want to see a movie tonight?
▪ Maybe we'll go to a movie .
▪ It was like one of those old John Wayne movies.
▪ She starred with Humphrey Bogart in the movie 'Casablanca'.
▪ They don't make movies like that any more.
▪ The movie was shot entirely on location in India.
▪ Many people were shocked when the movie was first shown .
▪ She once played the innocent victim in a horror movie .
▪ Spielberg's latest hit movie
movie about
▪ a movie about two gay teenagers who fall in love
▪ a big Hollywood movie star
2.) the movies
a) the cinema
▪ We took the kids to the movies .
▪ In those days, we went to the movies every week.
at the movies
▪ Why were you at the movies all by yourself?
b) films in general, and the events in them
in (the) movies
▪ He couldn't believe his luck. It was the sort of thing that only happened in the movies.
c) the business of producing films
▪ a career in the movies
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
watch/see a movie
go to a movie also take in a movie informal
appear in/be in/star in a movie
make/shoot a movie
show/screen a movie
horror/action/sci-fi etc movie
silent movie
big-budget/low-budget movie
hit movie (=very successful movie)
movie star (=a famous movie actor)
movie director/producer
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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