a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, watched at a cinema or on a television or other device

1[countable] a movie, especially a more serious or artistic one a documentary/feature film a silent film (= one recorded without sound) an international film ...

​to make a film of a story or a real event; to record somebody/something on film. They are filming in Manhattan right now. film something/somebody The show ...

to make a movie of a story or a real event. They are filming in Utah right now. film something It took them six weeks to film the documentary.

Where does the noun film come from? ... The earliest known use of the noun film is in the Old English period (pre-1150). film is a word inherited from Germanic.

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb film. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Film and theatre · 18 · act · act · acting · action · actioner · action film · action movienoun. b1. actornoun.

1[countable] a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, shown at the movie theater synonym film to make a horror movie Have you seen ...

This dictionary covers all aspects of film studies, including terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism.

​a main film with a story, rather than a documentary, etc. He directed his first feature film in 1994. Topics Film and theatrec1.