cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.
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a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
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a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film covera…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film covera…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines o…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Film and television.
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A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.Movement; manner of movement; particularly, movement with increased rapidity; -- used especially in the phrase con moto, directing to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motio…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: entertainment, enacts, story, sound, sequence.a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
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