/fɪlm/
Translation
A story told in moving pictures. It is the usual British word for a movie.
Word origin
From Old English filmen, a thin skin. The picture sense came from the thin strip that carries the images.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- filmen
Examples
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"Film" and "movie" mean the same thing.
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A "film" has a length in hours and minutes.
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Here "film" is a verb, meaning to make moving pictures of something.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
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Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Linking words in English: however, although, despite, whereas and therefore
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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