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film

8 definitions • 22 examples
1
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling a story:

Examples:

What's your favourite film?
We took the children to a film.
see a 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
shoot a film Her last film was shot (= made) on location in South America.
watch a film I hate people talking while I'm watching a film.
Would you like to go and see a film tonight?
2
(a length of) dark plastic-like material that can record images as photographs or as a moving picture:

Examples:

roll of film I developed my last roll of film from the trip last night.
a 24 exposure/16 mm/high-speed film
on film A passer-by recorded the incident on film.
get a film developed I'm getting my film developed at the chemist's.
3
a thin layer of something on a surface:

Examples:

film of Everything in the room was covered in a fine film of dust.
a film of smoke
4
to record moving pictures with a camera, usually to make a film for television or the cinema:

Examples:

Most of the scenes were filmed in a studio.
They filmed for a week in Spain.
5
to make pictures of something in making a movie, or to make a movie:

Examples:

[ T ] Her last movie was filmed in Spain.
6
(a length of) dark, thin material like plastic on which you can record images as photographs or as moving pictures:

Examples:

a roll of film
I didn’t get my film developed yet.
7
a thin layer of something on something else:

Examples:

A film of oil glistened on the surface of the water.
8
a movie

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