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film

UK/fɪlm/ US/fɪɫm/ very common
noun (5) verb (2)

noun

1.

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

  • “they went to a movie every Saturday night”
  • “the film was shot on location”
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2.

a medium that disseminates moving pictures

  • “theater pieces transferred to celluloid”
  • “this story would be good cinema”
  • “film coverage of sporting events”
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3.

a thin coating or layer

  • “the table was covered with a film of dust”
4.

a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

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5.

photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

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verb

1.

make a film or photograph of something

  • “take a scene”
  • “shoot a movie”
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2.

decorate in a cheap and flashy way

  • “the small-town bar was all tarted up”

Origin

From Middle English filme, from Old English filmen (“film, membrane, thin skin, foreskin”), from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn- (“thin skin, membrane”) (compare Proto-Germanic *felma- (“skin, hide”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pél-mo- (“membrane”), from *pel- (“to cover, skin”).

Phrases

  • action film
  • adult film
  • art film
  • blood film
  • blue film
  • bold film
  • book of the film
  • buddy film

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