"motion picture" meaning in English

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Proper name

  1. Tags: no-gloss Synonyms: motion picture, film, movie, flick [informal] Hyponyms: B-movie, home movie, midnight movie, chick flick Meronyms: frame, image
    Sense id: en-motion_picture-en-name-47DEQpj8

Noun

Forms: motion pictures [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} motion picture (plural motion pictures)
  1. A sequence of images depicting people or objects in motion, preserved on a recording medium and capable of being projected for viewing. Categories (topical): Cinematography, Videography Synonyms: moving picture, film, motion pic Hyponyms: silent film, talkie, talking picture Coordinate_terms: video
    Sense id: en-motion_picture-en-noun-SmNEIo1m Disambiguation of Cinematography: 91 9 Disambiguation of Videography: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
  2. A movie.
    Sense id: en-motion_picture-en-noun-tC0MIqwf

Inflected forms

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