Motion-picture Show (Noun)
Meaning
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"; "the film was shot on location".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The family made a tradition of going to a motion-picture show every weekend.
- She was so excited to see the latest romantic comedy at the motion-picture show tonight.
- The couple met at the motion-picture show and it was love at first sight.
- The special effects in the motion-picture show were astounding and mesmerizing.
- The city's oldest motion-picture show was rebuilt to accommodate new technologies and innovations.
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Hyponyms
- Final Cut
- Silent Picture
- Short Subject
- Musical Theater
- Docudrama
- Rough Cut
- Telefilm
- Documentary
- Musical
- Home Movie
- Musical Comedy
- Shoot-'em-up
- Slow Motion
- Three-D
- Feature Film
- Coming Attraction
- Film Noir
- Silent Movie
- Silents
- Feature
- Talking Picture
- Infotainment
- Skin Flick
- 3-D
- Collage Film
- 3D
- Documentary Film
- Cinema Verite
- Talkie