film

Universal Words noun, verb noun moving pictures 1 [C] (especially BrE) (AmE usually movie) a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, shown on television or at the cinema/movie theater: Let's go to the cinema-there's a good film on this week. * Let's stay in and watch a film. * a horror / documentary / feature film * a silent film (= one recorded without sound) * an international film festival * The film was shot on location in France. * a film crew / critic / director / producer * the film version of the novel 2 [U] (especially BrE) (AmE usually the movies [pl.]) (BrE also the cinema) the art or business of making films/movies: to study film and photography * the minister responsible for film and the theatre * the film industry compareCINEMA 3 [U] moving pictures of real events, shown for example on television SYNFOOTAGE: television news film of the riots in cameras 4 [U,C] thin plastic that is sensitive to light, used for taking photographs and making films/movies; a roll of this plastic, used in cameras: a roll of film * 35mm / colour film * She put a new film in her camera. * to have a film developed thin layer 5 [C,usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a thin layer of sth, usually on the surface of sth else: Everything was covered in a film of dust. seealsoCLINGFILM verb to make a film/movie of a story or a real event: [V] They are filming in Moscow right now. * [VN] It took them six weeks to film the documentary. * The show was filmed on location in New York. * [VN-ing] Two young boys were filmed stealing CDs on the security video. filming noun [U]: Filming was delayed because of bad weather.