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film

/fɪlm/noun, verb1 syllable

Film means: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.

Synonyms for film17

noun, as in a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

movie, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick

noun, as in a medium that disseminates moving pictures

cinema, celluloid

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

photographic film

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

plastic film

verb, as in make a film or photograph of something

shoot, take, photograph, snap

What does film mean?7

noun

1

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement“they went to a movie every Saturday night”

2

a medium that disseminates moving pictures“theater pieces transferred to celluloid”

3

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

4

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

5

a thin coating or layer“the table was covered with a film of dust”

verb

1

make a film or photograph of something“take a scene”

2

record in film“The coronation was filmed”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Film in a sentence

  • To start with, the film crew travelled around the country looking for locations.sundown
  • I saw that film, but it wasn't very good.Shiawase
  • He cried through the whole film, this soppy old sentimentalist.PeterR
  • The worse the baddie, the better the film.Shishir
  • Last night, we saw a touching film at the movies.unknown
  • To tell the truth, that film was not very interesting to me.sundown
  • Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.carlosalberto
  • After the third film, this franchise is terrible.Vanilla

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of film

as a noun

plural
films

as a verb

past tense
filmed
present participle
filming
third-person singular
films
past participle
filmed