filmnoun
uk/fɪlm/us/fɪlm/film noun (MOVING PICTURES)
A1 [ C or U ] mainly UK US movie a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling a story:
What's your favourite film?
We took the children to (see) a film.
She had a long career in films/film (= the business of making films).
a film star/critic
the film industry
a film-maker
Her last film was shot (= made) on location in South America.
I hate people talking while I'm watching a film.
Would you like to go and see a film tonight?
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- The music was specially composed for the film.
- I didn't find the ending of the film very convincing.
- Is the film available on DVD?
- The end of the film was much more exciting than I'd expected.
- I like films with a lot of action.
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- Hollywood
- pan
- shoot
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- stunt
- the big screen 1
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film noun (MATERIAL)
[ C or U ] (a length of) dark plastic-like material that can record images as photographs or as a moving picture:
a roll of film
a 24 exposure/16 mm/high-speed film
A passer-by recorded the incident on film.
I'm getting my film developed at the chemist's.
More examples
- The film had been over-exposed.
- She develops her own film.
- Digital cameras do not need film.
- We shot 7 rolls of film on our holiday.
- The editor had carefully cut and spliced the sections of film together.
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- low-resolution
- negative
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
- superimpose
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film noun (LAYER)
C2 [ C ] a thin layer of something on a surface:
a film of dust/oil/grease
a film of smoke
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Coverings and layers
- a blanket of sth idiom
- blanket
- casing
- cladding
- coating
- fur
- gilt
- lime
- lined
- lining
- mantle
- mat
- membrane
- paintwork
- rendering
- slick
- topcoat
- undercoat
- veneer
- wrap
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filmverb [ I or T ]
uk/fɪlm/us/fɪlm/B1 to record moving pictures with a camera, usually to make a film for television or the cinema:
Most of the scenes were filmed in a studio.
They filmed for a week in Spain.
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- The crew has gone to Africa to film a wildlife documentary.
- They were filmed against a background of dark fir trees.
- The old newsreels were filmed in black and white.
- He's just completed filming his 17th feature film.
- A special lens was needed in order to film this sequence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- Hollywood
- pan
- shoot
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- stunt
- the big screen 1
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Phrasal verb(s)
film over