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/ˈmuːvi/ · noun
(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film..
He is watching a crime-thriller movie.
Let's go to the movies.
Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
And then when the other five were in the Dance Hall up there on the river, steps away from the hot seat, Lehman let off an Italian dragged along on the lookout detail and a Hebrew who was supposed to have furnished the guns, although that had the smell of a frame because the cops didn't like him from another movie.
I've been through this movie before, I thought.
This is the world's final fate and ultimate horror and the evangelists' just reward for being right: a kingdom ruled by the preachers, complete with the inquisitions, the debasement of women, and the witch-hunting that always accompanies self-righteous followers and enforcers of a cruel god. We've been through this movie before.
CEO Tom Wilson said on a conference call today that Allstate hadn't seen a nationwide spike in claims costs like this "in a long time." ¶ "That said, we see this movie every year multiple times in individual states," he said. "So it's not like we haven't been through this movie multiple times before. We know how to manage it. . . .You should expect to continue to see some impact on growth."
Every night with you is a movie!
Use movie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Movie means (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film..
Common synonyms include flick, motion picture, moving picture, moving-picture show.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He is watching a crime-thriller movie.
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