movie Definition

movie
noun movies

1. A cinema film. Brit equivalent film. Also called picture (noun 9).
2a. Cinema films in general;

Form: the movies (especially)
2b. The industry that produces them. Also as adj.

Example: He didn't make it in the movies
Example: movie-maker
Example: movie star
Form: the movies (especially)

Etymology: 1912: a shortening of moving picture.