talking picture in English

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    {
      "form": "talking pictures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score)."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "film"
        },
        {
          "word": "movie"
        },
        {
          "word": "motion picture"
        },
        {
          "word": "moving picture"
        },
        {
          "word": "picture"
        },
        {
          "word": "picture show"
        }
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          "cinematography"
        ],
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          "motion picture",
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        ],
        [
          "audio",
          "audio#English"
        ],
        [
          "speech",
          "speech#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(cinematography, dated) A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "talkie"
        },
        {
          "word": "talking film"
        },
        {
          "word": "talking movie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "cinematography",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "talking picture"
}

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    {
      "word": "silent film"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "film"
    },
    {
      "word": "movie"
    },
    {
      "word": "motion picture"
    },
    {
      "word": "moving picture"
    },
    {
      "word": "picture"
    },
    {
      "word": "picture show"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns",
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      "glosses": [
        "A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score)."
      ],
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          "cinematography"
        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(cinematography, dated) A motion picture that features an audio accompaniment, thus allowing the characters' speech to be heard by the audience (as well as a musical score)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "talkie"
        },
        {
          "word": "talking film"
        },
        {
          "word": "talking movie"
        }
      ],
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        "dated"
      ],
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        "broadcasting",
        "cinematography",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "talking picture"
}

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"talking picture" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms