(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
He is watching a crime-thriller movie.
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(usually, in the plural, chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A cinema; a movie theatre.
Let's go to the movies.
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(informal, figuratively) Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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