- US Canadian
- a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
- a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc Also called: film
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈmo•tion ˈpic•ture, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Show Businessa story, incident, or message presented in film.
- Show Business motion pictures, [plural] movie (def. 3).
mo′tion pic′ture,
- Show Business, Cinemaa sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (mo′tion-pic′ture cam′era) and thrown on a screen by a projector (mo′tion-pic′ture projec′tor) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
- Show Businessa play, event, or the like, presented in this form.
- Show Businessmotion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures. Also called movie, moving picture.
- 1890–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
motion picture n
'motion picture' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cine-
- cinematography
- direct
- film speed
- Friese-Greene
- gate
- gauge
- MPAA
- Oscar
- picture
- shot
- still
- wrap
- wrap party
- A, a
- Academy Award
- acetate
- AMPAS
- animated cartoon
- anime
- answer print
- art film
- art house
- B, b
- background projection
- b and w
- bank night
- barney
- base
- Bergman
- best boy
- biopic
- bioscope
- bit
- bit player
- blip
- block booking
- blockbuster
- Bogart
- Bollywood
- boom
- cameo
- camera
- carbon arc
- cast
- casting
- casting director
- celluloid
- cine
- cinema