movie
part of speech
noun (movie, movies)
meaning for a pupil
1) A movie is a story told with moving pictures, watched on a screen; in the UK it is often called a film. tree →
2) «The movies» means the cinema, the place where you watch films. tree →
sense in the lessons
a thing counted (movies watched, books read) or an event with tickets; a movie's length is a time in minutes; phrases «go to the movies», «watch a movie», «movie night», «movie theater»
examples
- There are 17 movies and 11 books in the series. tree →
- She watched 7 movies. tree →
- How many more movies than books are there? tree →
- A movie ticket costs 8 dollars. tree →
- We had a movie night with popcorn. tree →
- The movie lasted 2 hours. tree →
- Let's go to the movies on Saturday. tree →
- The movie was based on a book. tree →
- If the movie starts at 6:15 and lasts 95 minutes, when does it end? tree →
- My favorite movie is about a dog. tree →
note
A thing counted, often next to books. Trap: «movies watched» vs «movies still to watch» are parts of the total. «Movie» is American; «film» and «cinema» are used in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Movies have age ratings (G, PG) that tell which ages they suit.
In the corpora
- Vivid example: in a living room in Brisbane it is movie night.
- A family rota, where each person chooses the film in turn, makes movie night fair.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «movie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.