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filly

film


Definition: Meaning of, film in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / fɪlm /

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film films
  1. [countable] a story that is told using sound and moving pictures, shown at a cinema or on television [=  movie American English]
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  2. [uncountable] moving pictures of real events that are shown on television or at a cinema
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  3. [uncountable] the work of making films, considered as an art or a business
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  4. [uncountable and countable] the thin plastic used in a camera for taking photographs or recording moving pictures
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  5. [singular] a very thin layer of liquid, powder etc on the surface of something
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film filmed filmed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
filming films
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  1. to use a camera to record a story or real events so that it can be shown in the cinema or on television
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film used in phrases

  • British Board of Film Classification, the
    1. a special committee in the UK whose job is to watch new films and decide whether children or young people will be allowed to see them. They give each film a CERTIFICATE, showing which films can be shown to anyone (U), which can be seen by children if an adult goes with them (PG), and which films can only be seen by people over a particular age (12, 15, and 18). There is a similar organization in the US called the MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA .
  • British Film Institute, the
    1. the BFI
  • Carry On film (noun)
    1. one of a series of very popular humorous British films made especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the actors in one Carry On film also appeared in several others, and most of the jokes are about sex. They have titles such as Carry on Nurse (1959) and Carry on up the Khyber (1968).
  • Hammer film (noun)
    1. a horror film produced by a British company called Hammer Film Productions during the 1950s and 1960s. The films were often based on well-known stories, such as those about DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN .
  • National Film Theatre, the
    1. a building containing two cinemas on the SOUTH BANK in London, which is part of the BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE . It is known for showing films that are not shown at ordinary cinemas, including old films, foreign films, and films made by small companies
  • X-ray film (noun)
    1. photographic film used to make X-ray pictures
  • art film (noun)
    1. a serious or niche film intended to be an artistic work rather than a commercial film having mass appeal
  • art house film (noun)
    1. a serious or niche film intended to be an artistic work rather than a commercial film having mass appeal
  • cine film (noun)
    1. film used in a cine camera
  • cine-film (noun)
    1. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
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film used in phrasal verbs

  • film over (phrasal verb)
    1. to become covered in a thin layer of something
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