film

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UK /fɪlm/US /fɪlm/

Meaning

noun

a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, watched at a cinema or on a television or other device

“Let's stay in and watch a film.”

verb

to make a film of a story or a real event; to record somebody/something on film

“They are filming in Moscow right now.”

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