Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - film

(films, filming, filmed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A film consists of moving pictures that have been recorded so that they can be shown at the cinema or on television. A film tells a story, or shows a real situation. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use movie) Everything about the film was good. Good acting, good story, good fun. = movie N-COUNT 2. If you film something, you use a camera to take moving pictures which can be shown on a screen or on television. He had filmed her life story... Considering the restrictions under which she filmed, I think she did a commendable job. VERB: V n, V 3. Film of something is moving pictures of a real event that are shown on television or on a screen. They have seen news film of families queueing in Russia to buy a loaf of bread. = footage N-UNCOUNT 4. A film is the narrow roll of plastic that is used in a camera to take photographs. The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film. N-VAR 5. The making of cinema films, considered as a form of art or a business, can be referred to as film or films. (mainly BRIT) Film is a business with limited opportunities for actresses... She wanted to set up her own company to invest in films. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl 6. A film of powder, liquid, or oil is a very thin layer of it. The sea is coated with a film of raw sewage. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp 7. Plastic film is a very thin sheet of plastic used to wrap and cover things. (BRIT; in AM, use plastic wrap, Saran wrap) Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 24 hours. N-UNCOUNT: usu adj N see also clingfilm