moving picture

noun

A film or movie.

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Meanings

nounmoving picture (plural moving pictures)

plural moving pictures

  1. datedA film or movie.

    "You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture."

    1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 13

    Synonyms: movie § Synonyms

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA film or movie.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

moving picture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20picture

MLA

“moving picture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20picture. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moving picture,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving%20picture.

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