motion-picture show

motion-picture show
noun
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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they went to a movie every Saturday night

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the film was shot on location

Syn:
Derivationally related forms: ↑film (for: ↑film)
Members of this Topic:
dub, ↑synchronize, ↑synchronise, ↑film, ↑shoot, ↑take, ↑videotape, ↑tape, ↑reshoot
Hypernyms: ↑show, ↑product, ↑production
Hyponyms:
Part Meronyms:
sequence, ↑episode, ↑credit, ↑subtitle, ↑caption, ↑credits, ↑scene, ↑shot

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